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Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
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District | Tangail District |
Division | Dhaka Division |
Electorate | 380,338 (2018)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1973 |
Party | Awami League |
Member(s) | Sanowar Hossain |
Tangail-5 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Sanowar Hossain of the Awami League.
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses Tangail Sadar Upazila.[2][3]
Ahead of the 2008 general election, the Election Commission redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the 2001 Bangladesh census.[4] The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.[5]
History
The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AL | Sanowar Hossain | 67,959 | 53.1 | N/A | ||
Independent | Murad Siddiqui | 59,398 | 46.4 | N/A | ||
JP(E) | Sadek Siddique | 400 | 0.3 | −55.9 | ||
BNF | Ataur Rahman Khan | 245 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
Majority | 8,561 | 6.7 | −21.7 | |||
Turnout | 128,002 | 37.6 | −48.0 | |||
AL gain from BNP |
In December 2009, the High Court declared that Quasem's 2008 candidacy had been illegal and vacated the seat. The Election Commission declared Mahmudul Hasan, the runner up, elected. After the appeals process concluded, Hasan took office in August 2012.[11][12]
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
JP(E) | Abul Quasem | 147,152 | 56.2 | N/A | ||
BNP | Mahmudul Hasan | 72,805 | 27.8 | −4.4 | ||
KSJL | Murad Siddiqui | 40,456 | 15.4 | −7.3 | ||
IAB | Abu Yousuf | 1,192 | 0.5 | N/A | ||
Zaker Party | Mahfuz Reza | 319 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Majority | 74,347 | 28.4 | +24.0 | |||
Turnout | 261,924 | 85.6 | +9.0 | |||
JP(E) gain from BNP |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BNP | Mahmudul Hasan | 96,544 | 32.2 | +3.8 | ||
AL | Abdul Mannan | 83,458 | 27.8 | −12.2 | ||
KSJL | Murad Siddiqui | 68,167 | 22.7 | N/A | ||
IJOF | Abul Quasem | 50,266 | 16.8 | N/A | ||
Gano Forum | Abul Hossain | 970 | 0.3 | 0.0 | ||
Bangladesh Progressive Party | Chand Imran Mirza | 191 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Jatiya Party (M) | A. K. Pathan Ayub | 165 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Majority | 13,086 | 4.4 | −6.6 | |||
Turnout | 299,761 | 76.6 | −1.2 | |||
BNP gain from AL |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AL | Abdul Mannan | 95,903 | 40.0 | +2.9 | ||
JP(E) | Abul Quasem | 69,430 | 28.9 | −9.5 | ||
BNP | Mahmudul Hasan | 68,042 | 28.4 | +12.8 | ||
Jamaat-e-Islami | Md. Shafiqur Rahman | 3,997 | 1.7 | −0.1 | ||
Gano Forum | Abul Hossain | 776 | 0.3 | N/A | ||
IOJ | Md. Ibrahim | 617 | 0.3 | N/A | ||
Democratic Republican Party | Md. Shahjahan Ali | 344 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Zaker Party | A. K. M. Asrarul Haque | 282 | 0.1 | −0.1 | ||
NAP (Bhashani) | Md. Muslem Uddin | 245 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD | Md. Altab Hossain Miah | 205 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Independent | Sadek Siddiqul | 140 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Majority | 26,473 | 11.0 | +9.6 | |||
Turnout | 239,981 | 77.8 | +19.9 | |||
AL gain from JP(E) |