Tangail-1 Explained

Tangail-1
Parl Name:Jatiya Sangsad
District:Tangail District
Region Label:Division
Region:Dhaka Division
Electorate:364,991 (2018)
Year:1973
Members:Vacant
Party:None

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

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Dhanbari and Madhupur upazilas.

History

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

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1973Abdus SattarJatiya Samajtantrik Dal
1979Syed Hasan Ali ChowdhuryBangladesh Nationalist Party
1981 by-electionSyeda Ashiqua AkbarBangladesh Nationalist Party[1]
1986Nizamul IslamAwami League
1988Khandaker Anwarul Haque
1991Abul Hasan ChowdhuryAwami League
February 1996Abdus Salam TalukderBangladesh Nationalist Party
June 1996Abul Hasan ChowdhuryAwami League
2001Mohammad Abdur RazzaqueAwami League
2008Awami League
2014Awami League
2018Awami League
2024Awami 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.

Elections in the 1990s

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2022-04-26 . Ex-MP Ashika Akbar passes away . 2023-09-01 . The Daily Star . en.