Tangail-7 Explained

Tangail-7
Parl Name:Jatiya Sangsad
District:Tangail District
Region Label:Division
Region:Dhaka Division
Electorate:322,673 (2018)
Year:1973
Members:Khan Ahmed Shuvo
Party:Awami League

Tangail-7 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh by Khan Ahmed Shuvo. Since 2001 it was represented by Md. Akabbar Hossain of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Mirzapur Upazila.

History

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

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1973Shawkat Ali KhanAwami League
1979kaju miaBangladesh Nationalist Party
Major Boundary Changes
1986Wajid Ali Khan PanniJaitya Party
1991Kh. Badar UddinBangladesh Nationalist Party
1996Abul Kalam Azad SiddiquiBangladesh Nationalist Party
2001Md. Akabbar HossainAwami League
2008Awami League
2014Awami League
2018Awami League
2022, by-electionKhan Ahmed ShuvoAwami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Ekabbar Hossain 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

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