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Tangail-1

Tangail-1
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictTangail District
DivisionDhaka Division
Electorate437,433 (2026)[1]
Current constituency
Created1973
PartyBangladesh Nationalist Party
MemberFakir Mahbub Anam Swapan

Tangail-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2026 by Fakir Mahbub Anam Swapan of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.

Boundaries

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

History

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

Members of Parliament

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ElectionMemberParty
1973 Abdus Sattar Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal[4]
1979 Syed Hasan Ali Chowdhury Bangladesh Nationalist Party[5]
1981 by-election Syeda Ashiqua Akbar Bangladesh Nationalist Party[6]
Major Boundary Changes
1986 Nizamul Islam Awami League[7]
1988 Khandaker Anwarul Haque Independent[8]
1991 Abul Hasan Chowdhury Awami League
Feb 1996 Abdus Salam Talukder Bangladesh Nationalist Party[9]
Jun 1996 Abul Hasan Chowdhury Awami League
2001 Mohammad Abdur Razzaque Awami League
2026 Fakir Mahbub Anam Swapan Bangladesh Nationalist Party

Elections

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Elections in the 2020s

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General Election 2026: Tangail-1[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Fakir Mahbub Anam Swapan 153,932 54.7 N/A
Jamaat Mohammad Abdullah Kafi 94,462 33.6 N/A
Independent Md. Asadul Islam 28,259 10.0 N/A
JP(E) Muhammad Ilyas Hossain 2,194 0.8 N/A
IAB Md. Harun Or Rashid 1,731 0.6 N/A
Independent Muhammad Ali 723 0.3 N/A
Majority 59,470 21.1 N/A
Turnout 281,301 64.3 N/A
BNP gain from AL

Elections in the 2010s

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Abdur Razzak was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[10]

Elections in the 2000s

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General Election 2008: Tangail-1[2][11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Mohammad Abdur Razzaque 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[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Mohammad Abdur Razzaque 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

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General Election June 1996: Tangail-1[13]
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 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[13]
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 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

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  1. 1 2 "Tangail-1". The Business Standard. Retrieved 7 September 2026.
  2. 1 2 "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. 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. ↑ "Ex-MP Ashika Akbar passes away". The Daily Star. 2022-04-26. Retrieved 2023-09-01.
  7. ↑ "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  8. ↑ "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  9. ↑ "List of 6th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 September 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  10. ↑ Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Archived from the original on 3 May 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  11. ↑ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  12. ↑ "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  13. 1 2 3 "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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