Tangail-8

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Electorate346,646 (2018)[1]
Created1973
Tangail-8
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictTangail District
DivisionDhaka Division
Electorate346,646 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created1973

Tangail-8 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Ahmed Azam Khan is the incumbent representative for this constituency.

The constituency encompasses Basail and Sakhipur upazilas.[2][3]

History

The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1973 Fazlur Rahman Faruque Awami League[4]
1979 Morshed Ali Khan Panni BNP[5]
Major Boundary Changes
1986 Shawkat Momen Shahjahan Awami League[6]
1988 Morshed Ali Khan Panni Jatiya Party[7][8]
1991 Humayun Khan Panni BNP
1996 Abdul Kader Siddique Awami League
1999 by-election Shawkat Momen Shahjahan
2001 Abdul Kader Siddique Krishak Sramik Janata League
2008 Shawkat Momen Shahjahan Awami League[1]
2014 by-election Anupam Shahjahan Joy
2018 Joaherul Islam
2024 Anupam Shahjahan Joy
2026 Ahmed Azam Khan BNP

Elections

References

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