Tangail-1

Tangail-1
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictTangail District
DivisionDhaka Division
Electorate437,433 (2026)
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

The constituency encompasses Dhanbari and Madhupur upazilas.

History

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

Members of Parliament

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

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General Election 2026: Tangail-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

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

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Tangail-1
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
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

General Election June 1996: Tangail-1
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
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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