Tangail-7 | |
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Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
District | Tangail District |
Division | Dhaka Division |
Electorate | 322,673 (2018)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1973 |
Party | Awami League |
Member(s) | Khan Ahmed Shuvo |
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.
The constituency encompasses Mirzapur Upazila.[2][3]
The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
Election | Member | Party | |
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1973 | Shawkat Ali Khan | Awami League[4] | |
1979 | [[kaju mia
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Bangladesh Nationalist Party[5] | |
Major Boundary Changes | |||
1986 | Wajid Ali Khan Panni | Jaitya Party[6][7] | |
1991 | Kh. Badar Uddin | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | |
1996 | Abul Kalam Azad Siddiqui | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | |
2001 | Md. Akabbar Hossain | Awami League | |
2008 | Awami League | ||
2014 | Awami League | ||
2018 | Awami League | ||
2022, by-election | Khan Ahmed Shuvo | Awami League |
Ekabbar Hossain was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[8]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AL | Md. Akabbar Hossain | 130,154 | 58.4 | +10.5 | |
BNP | Abul Kalam Azad Siddiqui | 88,916 | 39.9 | -6.9 | |
KSJL | Shafiur Rahman Sunny | 3,034 | 1.4 | -2.0 | |
Independent | Dewan Nazrul Islam | 679 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 41,238 | 18.5 | +17.4 | ||
Turnout | 222,783 | 86.4 | +5.9 | ||
AL hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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AL | Md. Akabbar Hossain | 89,931 | 47.9 | +10.6 | ||
BNP | Abul Kalam Azad Siddiqui | 87,857 | 46.8 | +5.7 | ||
KSJL | Sadek Ahmed Khan | 6,457 | 3.4 | N/A | ||
IJOF | Md. Nurul Islam | 2,825 | 1.5 | N/A | ||
Bangladesh Progressive Party | Md. Motasim Billah | 696 | 0.4 | N/A | ||
Majority | 2,074 | 1.1 | -2.7 | |||
Turnout | 187,766 | 80.5 | +0.9 | |||
AL gain from BNP |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BNP | Abul Kalam Azad Siddiqui | 59,848 | 41.1 | -12.0 | |
AL | Md. Akabbar Hossain | 54,303 | 37.3 | +2.4 | |
JP(E) | Md. Jahirul Islam Jahir | 27,942 | 19.2 | +10.2 | |
Jamaat-e-Islami | Md. Abdul Halim | 2,383 | 1.6 | N/A | |
Communist Kendra | Kh. Nurur Rhaman Salim | 349 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Independent | Kh. Badar Uddin | 323 | 0.2 | N/A | |
IOJ | Syed Mojibor Rahman | 271 | 0.2 | -0.6 | |
Independent | Md. Murshed Ali Khan Ponnee | 205 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 5,545 | 3.8 | -14.3 | ||
Turnout | 145,624 | 79.6 | +21.1 | ||
BNP hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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BNP | Kh. Badar Uddin | 62,882 | 53.1 | |||
AL | Md. Fazlur Rahman Faruque | 41,392 | 34.9 | |||
JP(E) | Shah Mostanjidul Haq | 10,633 | 9.0 | |||
JSD | Mohidur Rahman | 1,773 | 1.5 | |||
IOJ | Md. Mojibur Rahman | 989 | 0.8 | |||
Independent | Md. Nurul Islam | 436 | 0.4 | |||
CPB | Kh. Nurur Rahman Selim | 397 | 0.3 | |||
Majority | 21,490 | 18.1 | ||||
Turnout | 118,502 | 58.5 | ||||
BNP gain from JP(E) |