Tangail-2

Tangail-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh .

Tangail-2
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Tangail District
Division	Dhaka Division
Electorate	348,670 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
← 130 Tangail-1 132 Tangail-3 →

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Bhuapur and Gopalpur upazilas.^[2][3]

History

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

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1973	Hatem Ali Talukdar	Awami League[4]
	1979	Afazuddin Fakir	BNP[5]
Major Boundary Changes
	1986	Shamsul Haque Talukder	Jatiya Party[6]
	1988	Abdul Matin Mia	JaSaD (Siraj)[7]
	1991	Abdus Salam Pintu	BNP
	1996	Khandaker Asaduzzaman	Awami League
	2001	Abdus Salam Pintu	BNP
	2008	Khandaker Asaduzzaman	Awami League[1]
	2018	Tanvir Hasan Soto Monir

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Tangail-2^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Khandaker Asaduzzaman	140,759	94.6	+37.0
	JP(E)	Azizur Rahman Tarafdar	8,017	5.4	N/A
Majority			132,742	89.2	+72.8
Turnout			148,776	47.7	−41.0
	AL hold

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Tangail-2^[2][9][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Khandaker Asaduzzaman	144,710	57.6	+10.0
	BNP	Sultan Salahuddin Tuku	103,509	41.2	−7.5
	KSJL	Khaleda Habib	2,033	0.8	−0.8
	BDB	Munirul Islam	552	0.2	N/A
	Zaker Party	Anamul Haque Manju	410	0.2	N/A
Majority			41,201	16.4	+15.3
Turnout			251,214	88.7	+12.8
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Tangail-2^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Abdus Salam Pintu	105,273	48.7	+7.8
	AL	Khandaker Asaduzzaman	102,999	47.6	+1.5
	IJOF	Md. Shamsul Haq Talukder	4,296	2.0	N/A
	KSJL	Abdul Kader Siddique	3,519	1.6	N/A
	Jatiya Party (M)	Aziz Bangal	236	0.1	N/A
Majority			2,274	1.1	−4.1
Turnout			216,323	75.9	+0.3
	BNP gain from AL

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Tangail-2^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Khandaker Asaduzzaman	77,086	46.1	+7.2
	BNP	Abdus Salam Pintu	68,406	40.9	−10.8
	JP(E)	Md. Shamim Al Mamun	15,188	9.1	+0.9
	JI	Md. Abdus Salam Khan	5,801	3.5	N/A
	Gano Forum	Faridul Alam Talukdar	371	0.2	N/A
	Democratic Republican Party	Md. Helal Uddin Khan	237	0.1	N/A
Majority			8,680	5.2	−7.6
Turnout			167,089	75.6	+18.4
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 1991: Tangail-2^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Abdus Salam Pintu	75,603	51.7
	AL	Hatem Ali Talukdar	56,852	38.9
	JP(E)	Shamsul Haq Talukdar	12,016	8.2
	UCL	K. Jahangir	530	0.4
	Zaker Party	Md. Ali	512	0.4
	Independent	Md. Rafiqul Islam	452	0.3
	Independent	Sham Shankar Dutta	217	0.1
Majority			18,751	12.8
Turnout			146,182	57.2
	BNP gain from JSD (S)