| Tangail-7 | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
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| District | Tangail District |
| Division | Dhaka Division |
| Electorate | 322,673 (2018)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1973 |
| Party | Awami League |
| Member(s) | Khan Ahmed Shuvo |
Tangail-7 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of BangladeshbyKhan Ahmed Shuvo. Since 2001 it was represented by Md. Akabbar Hossain of the Awami League.
The constituency encompasses Mirzapur Upazila.[2][3]
The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Shawkat Ali Khan | Awami League[4] | |
| 1979 | [[kaju mia
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Bangladesh Nationalist Party[5] | |
| Major Boundary Changes | |||
| 1986 | Wajid Ali Khan Panni | Jaitya Party[6][7] | |
| 1991 | Kh. Badar Uddin | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | |
| 1996 | Abul Kalam Azad Siddiqui | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | |
| 2001 | Md. Akabbar Hossain | Awami League | |
| 2008 | Awami League | ||
| 2014 | Awami League | ||
| 2018 | Awami League | ||
| 2022, by-election | Khan Ahmed Shuvo | Awami League | |
Ekabbar Hossain was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[8]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Md. Akabbar Hossain | 130,154 | 58.4 | +10.5 | |
| BNP | Abul Kalam Azad Siddiqui | 88,916 | 39.9 | −6.9 | |
| KSJL | Shafiur Rahman Sunny | 3,034 | 1.4 | −2.0 | |
| Independent | Dewan Nazrul Islam | 679 | 0.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 41,238 | 18.5 | +17.4 | ||
| Turnout | 222,783 | 86.4 | +5.9 | ||
| AL hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Md. Akabbar Hossain | 89,931 | 47.9 | +10.6 | ||
| BNP | Abul Kalam Azad Siddiqui | 87,857 | 46.8 | +5.7 | ||
| KSJL | Sadek Ahmed Khan | 6,457 | 3.4 | N/A | ||
| IJOF | Md. Nurul Islam | 2,825 | 1.5 | N/A | ||
| Bangladesh Progressive Party | Md. Motasim Billah | 696 | 0.4 | N/A | ||
| Majority | 2,074 | 1.1 | −2.7 | |||
| Turnout | 187,766 | 80.5 | +0.9 | |||
| AL gain from BNP | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP | Abul Kalam Azad Siddiqui | 59,848 | 41.1 | −12.0 | |
| AL | Md. Akabbar Hossain | 54,303 | 37.3 | +2.4 | |
| JP(E) | Md. Jahirul Islam Jahir | 27,942 | 19.2 | +10.2 | |
| Jamaat-e-Islami | Md. Abdul Halim | 2,383 | 1.6 | N/A | |
| Communist Kendra | Kh. Nurur Rhaman Salim | 349 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| Independent | Kh. Badar Uddin | 323 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| IOJ | Syed Mojibor Rahman | 271 | 0.2 | −0.6 | |
| Independent | Md. Murshed Ali Khan Ponnee | 205 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 5,545 | 3.8 | −14.3 | ||
| Turnout | 145,624 | 79.6 | +21.1 | ||
| BNP hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP | Kh. Badar Uddin | 62,882 | 53.1 | |||
| AL | Md. Fazlur Rahman Faruque | 41,392 | 34.9 | |||
| JP(E) | Shah Mostanjidul Haq | 10,633 | 9.0 | |||
| JSD | Mohidur Rahman | 1,773 | 1.5 | |||
| IOJ | Md. Mojibur Rahman | 989 | 0.8 | |||
| Independent | Md. Nurul Islam | 436 | 0.4 | |||
| CPB | Kh. Nurur Rahman Selim | 397 | 0.3 | |||
| Majority | 21,490 | 18.1 | ||||
| Turnout | 118,502 | 58.5 | ||||
| BNP gain from JP(E) | ||||||
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| Khulna Division (Seat:73– 108) | |
| Barisal Division (Seat:109– 129) | |
| Mymensingh Division (Seat:130– 167) |
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| Dhaka Division (Seat:168– 223) |
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| Sylhet Division (Seat:224– 242) |
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