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Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tangail-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2001 by Mohammad Abdur Razzaque of the Awami League.
Tangail-1 | |
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Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
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District | Tangail District |
Division | Dhaka Division |
Electorate | 364,991 (2018)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1973 |
Party | None |
Member(s) | Vacant |
The constituency encompasses Dhanbari and Madhupur upazilas.[2][3]
The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
Abdur Razzak was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[9]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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-e-Islami | Mujibur Rahman | 4,170 | 2.7 | −5.5 | |
Majority | 11,904 | 7.8 | +5.8 | ||
Turnout | 152,028 | 76.6 | +23.8 | ||
AL hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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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-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 | ||||
AL gain from |