Tangail-1

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

Tangail-1
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Tangail District
Division	Dhaka Division
Electorate	364,991 (2018)^[1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
Party	Awami League
Member(s)	Abdur Razzak

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
	1973	Abdus Sattar	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal^[4]
	1979	Syed Hasan Ali Chowdhury	Bangladesh Nationalist Party^[5]
Major Boundary Changes
	1986	Nizamul Islam	Awami League^[6]
	1988	Khandaker Anwarul Haque	^[7]
	1991	Abul Hasan Chowdhury	Awami League
	February 1996	Abdus Salam Talukder	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	June 1996	Abul Hasan Chowdhury	Awami League
	2001	Abdur Razzak	Awami League
	2008		Awami League
	2014		Awami League
	2018		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	%	±%
	Bangladesh Awami League	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
	Bangladesh Awami League hold

General Election 2001: Tangail-1^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Bangladesh Awami League	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
	Bangladesh Awami League hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Tangail-1^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Bangladesh Awami League	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
	Bangladesh Awami League hold

General Election 1991: Tangail-1^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Bangladesh Awami League	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
	Bangladesh Awami League gain from

References

1. "Tangail-1". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
2. "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
3. (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. . Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
11. . Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 29 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.

External links

• "People's Republic of Bangladesh". Psephos.

Coordinates: 24°36′N 90°02′E / 24.60°N 90.03°E / 24.60; 90.03