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Coordinates: 24°36′N 90°02′E / 24.60°N 90.03°E / 24.60; 90.03
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Tangail-1
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictTangail District
DivisionDhaka Division
Electorate364,991 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created1973
PartyAwami League
Member(s)Abdur Razzak

Tangail-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2001 by Abdur Razzak of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Dhanbari and Madhupur upazilas.[2][3]

History

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

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
style="background-color:Template:Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal/meta/color" | 1973 Abdus Sattar Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal[4]
style="background-color:Template:Bangladesh Nationalist Party/meta/color" | 1979 Syed Hasan Ali Chowdhury Bangladesh Nationalist Party[5]
style="background-color:Template:Bangladesh Awami League/meta/color" | 1986 Nizamul Islam Awami League[6]
1988 Khandaker Anwarul Haque [7]
style="background-color:Template:Bangladesh Awami League/meta/color" | 1991 Abul Hasan Chowdhury Awami League
style="background-color:Template:Bangladesh Awami League/meta/color" | 2001 Abdur Razzak Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Abdur Razzak was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[8]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Tangail-1[2][9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Abdur Razzak 171,022 65.7 +15.5
BNP Fakir Mahbub Anam 88,461 34.0 +13.1
KSJL Habibur Rahman Talukder 808 0.3 −0.8
Majority 82,561 31.7 +8.8
Turnout 260,291 90.0 +15.2
AL hold
General Election 2001: Tangail-1[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Abdur Razzak 98,413 50.2 −0.9
Independent Abdul Gafur Montu 53,509 27.3 N/A
BNP Fakir Mahbub Anam 40,972 20.9 −22.4
KSJL Abdul Kader Siddique 2,206 1.1 N/A
IJOF Fatema Khan 805 0.4 N/A
Jatiya Party (M) Md. Jamilur Rahman Khan 122 0.1 N/A
Independent Md. A. Gafur 80 0.0 N/A
Majority 44,904 22.9 +15.1
Turnout 196,107 74.8 −1.8
AL hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Tangail-1[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Abul Hasan Chowdhury 77,738 51.1 +12.7
BNP Abdus Salam Talukdar 65,834 43.3 +6.9
JP(E) Abu Sayeed Khan 4,286 2.8 +1.9
Jamaat-e-Islami Mujibur Rahman 4,170 2.7 −5.5
Majority 11,904 7.8 +5.8
Turnout 152,028 76.6 +23.8
AL hold
General Election 1991: Tangail-1[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Abul Hasan Chowdhury 37,454 38.4
BNP Asika Akbar 35,507 36.4
JSD (S) Md. Abdus Samad 14,810 15.2
Jamaat-e-Islami Mujibur Rahman 7,989 8.2
JP(E) Abu Sayeed Khan 868 0.9
CPB Shree Soroj Bondhu Dev 812 0.8
Majority 1,947 2.0
Turnout 97,440 52.8
AL gain from

References

  1. ^ "Tangail-1". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  4. ^ "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  5. ^ "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  6. ^ "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  7. ^ "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  8. ^ Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  9. ^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  10. ^ "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  11. ^ a b c "Parliament Election Result of 1991,1996,2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 29 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.

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