Tangail-8
Tangail-8
Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad
Tangail-8 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2024 by Anupam Shahjahan Joy of the Awami League.
| Tangail-8 | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
| District | Tangail District |
| Division | Dhaka Division |
| Electorate | 346,646 (2018)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1973 |
| Party | Awami League |
| Member(s) | Anupam Shahjahan Joy |
The constituency encompasses Basail and Sakhipur upazilas.[2][3]
The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
Elections in the 2010s
Shawkat Momen Shahjahan died in January 2014, barely two weeks after the general election. Anupam Shahjahan Joy, his son, was elected in a by-election conducted in March and April. He defeated independent candidates Md. Malek Mian, Abu Sayed Azad, and Liakat Ali, and Jatiya Party (Ershad) candidate Sadek Siddiqui.[9][10]
Shawkat Momen Shahjahan was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[11]
Elections in the 2000s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Shawkat Momen Shahjahan | 134,626 | 56.0 | +27.1 | ||
| BNP | Ahmed Aazam Khan | 65,521 | 27.2 | +0.1 | ||
| KSJL | Abdul Kader Siddiqui | 38,775 | 16.1 | -26.6 | ||
| Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD | Shafiul Alam | 756 | 0.3 | N/A | ||
| BRWP | Shohiduzzaman Lal Miah | 567 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
| LDP | Sheikh Faruquzzaman | 293 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
| Majority | 69,105 | 28.7 | +14.9 | |||
| Turnout | 240,538 | 88.8 | +17.8 | |||
| AL gain from KSJL | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KSJL | Abdul Kader Siddique | 80,558 | 42.7 | |||
| AL | Abdus Salam Khan | 54,505 | 28.9 | |||
| BNP | Ahmed Azam Khan | 51,135 | 27.1 | |||
| IJOF | Md. Rezaul Karim | 1,306 | 0.7 | |||
| Independent | Nasir Uddin | 877 | 0.5 | |||
| Jatiya Party (M) | Nilufar Yasmin | 351 | 0.2 | |||
| Majority | 26,053 | 13.8 | ||||
| Turnout | 188,732 | 71.0 | ||||
| KSJL gain from AL | ||||||
Elections in the 1990s
Abdul Kader Siddique was expelled from the Awami League in 1999 over disagreements with party leadership.[15][16] He resigned from Parliament,[17] and stood as an independent candidate in the resulting November 1999 by-election. He lost to Shawkat Momen Shahjahan of the Awami League.[18][19]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Abdul Kader Siddique | 100,303 | 62.6 | +17.1 | ||
| BNP | Md. Qamruzzaman Khan | 35,343 | 22.1 | -25.2 | ||
| JP(E) | Shah Khaled Reza | 20,485 | 12.8 | +7.9 | ||
| Jamaat-e-Islami | Khandakar Abdur Razzak | 2,582 | 1.6 | N/A | ||
| FP | Md. A. Based | 885 | 0.6 | N/A | ||
| Zaker Party | Md. Sohrab Ali | 363 | 0.2 | -0.1 | ||
| Gano Forum | Ershadul Haque Bulbul | 168 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
| Majority | 64,690 | 40.4 | +38.6 | |||
| Turnout | 160,129 | 78.4 | +23.6 | |||
| AL gain from BNP | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP | Humayun Khan Panni | 61,396 | 47.3 | |||
| AL | Abdul Kader Siddique | 59,089 | 45.5 | |||
| JP(E) | Morshed Ali Khan Ponni | 6,309 | 4.9 | |||
| JSD (S) | Md. Abul Hashim | 1,562 | 1.2 | |||
| Jatiya Jukta Front | Md. Ashraf Ali | 558 | 0.4 | |||
| Zaker Party | Md. Abdullah Miah | 322 | 0.3 | |||
| Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD | A. Samad | 271 | 0.2 | |||
| NDP | Kh. Ruhul Amin Selim | 233 | 0.2 | |||
| Majority | 2,307 | 1.8 | ||||
| Turnout | 129,740 | 54.8 | ||||
| BNP gain from JP(E) | ||||||
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