Tangail-8
Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad
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Tangail-8 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Ahmed Azam Khan is the incumbent representative for this constituency.
| Tangail-8 | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
| |
| District | Tangail District |
| Division | Dhaka Division |
| Electorate | 346,646 (2018)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1973 |
Boundaries
History
The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Elections in the 2010s
Shawkat Momen Shahjahan died in January 2014, barely two weeks after the general election. Anupam Shahjahan Joy, his son, was elected in a by-election conducted in March and April. He defeated independent candidates Md. Malek Mian, Abu Sayed Azad, and Liakat Ali, and Jatiya Party (Ershad) candidate Sadek Siddiqui.[9][10]
Shawkat Momen Shahjahan was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[11]
Elections in the 2000s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Shawkat Momen Shahjahan | 134,626 | 56.0 | +27.1 | ||
| BNP | Ahmed Aazam Khan | 65,521 | 27.2 | +0.1 | ||
| KSJL | Abdul Kader Siddiqui | 38,775 | 16.1 | −26.6 | ||
| Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD | Shafiul Alam | 756 | 0.3 | N/A | ||
| BRWP | Shohiduzzaman Lal Miah | 567 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
| LDP | Sheikh Faruquzzaman | 293 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
| Majority | 69,105 | 28.7 | +14.9 | |||
| Turnout | 240,538 | 88.8 | +17.8 | |||
| AL gain from KSJL | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KSJL | Abdul Kader Siddique | 80,558 | 42.7 | |||
| AL | Abdus Salam Khan | 54,505 | 28.9 | |||
| BNP | Ahmed Azam Khan | 51,135 | 27.1 | |||
| IJOF | Md. Rezaul Karim | 1,306 | 0.7 | |||
| Independent | Nasir Uddin | 877 | 0.5 | |||
| Jatiya Party (M) | Nilufar Yasmin | 351 | 0.2 | |||
| Majority | 26,053 | 13.8 | ||||
| Turnout | 188,732 | 71.0 | ||||
| KSJL gain from AL | ||||||
Elections in the 1990s
Abdul Kader Siddique was expelled from the Awami League in 1999 over disagreements with party leadership.[15][16] He resigned from Parliament,[17] and stood as an independent candidate in the resulting November 1999 by-election. He lost to Shawkat Momen Shahjahan of the Awami League.[18][19]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Abdul Kader Siddique | 100,303 | 62.6 | +17.1 | ||
| BNP | Md. Qamruzzaman Khan | 35,343 | 22.1 | −25.2 | ||
| JP(E) | Shah Khaled Reza | 20,485 | 12.8 | +7.9 | ||
| Jamaat | Khandakar Abdur Razzak | 2,582 | 1.6 | N/A | ||
| FP | Md. A. Based | 885 | 0.6 | N/A | ||
| Zaker Party | Md. Sohrab Ali | 363 | 0.2 | −0.1 | ||
| Gano Forum | Ershadul Haque Bulbul | 168 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
| Majority | 64,690 | 40.4 | +38.6 | |||
| Turnout | 160,129 | 78.4 | +23.6 | |||
| AL gain from BNP | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP | Humayun Khan Panni | 61,396 | 47.3 | |||
| AL | Abdul Kader Siddique | 59,089 | 45.5 | |||
| JP(E) | Morshed Ali Khan Ponni | 6,309 | 4.9 | |||
| JSD (S) | Md. Abul Hashim | 1,562 | 1.2 | |||
| Jatiya Jukta Front | Md. Ashraf Ali | 558 | 0.4 | |||
| Zaker Party | Md. Abdullah Miah | 322 | 0.3 | |||
| Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD | A. Samad | 271 | 0.2 | |||
| NDP | Kh. Ruhul Amin Selim | 233 | 0.2 | |||
| Majority | 2,307 | 1.8 | ||||
| Turnout | 129,740 | 54.8 | ||||
| BNP gain from JP(E) | ||||||
