Tangail-6

Tangail-6 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh.

Tangail-6
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Tangail District
Division	Dhaka Division
Electorate	390,446 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
← 134 Tangail-5 136 Tangail-7 →

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Delduar and Nagarpur upazilas.^[2][3]

History

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

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]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1973	Abdul Mannan	Awami League[6]
	1979	Noor Muhammad Khan	BNP[7]
Major Boundary Changes
	1986	Noor Muhammad Khan	Jatiya Party[8][9]
	1991	Khandaker Abu Taher	BNP
	1996	Gautam Chakroborty
	2008	Khondokar Abdul Baten	Independent
	2014		Awami League[1]
	2018	Ahasanul Islam Titu

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Tangail-6^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Khondokar Abdul Baten	66,292	81.9	+50.2
	Independent	Kazi ATM Anisur Rahman Bulbul	14,621	18.1	N/A
Majority			51,671	63.9	+46.6
Turnout			80,913	23.3	+6.0
	AL gain from Independent

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Tangail-6^[2][11][12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Khondokar Abdul Baten	134,297	49.0	N/A
	AL	Ahasanul Islam Titu	86,799	31.7	−9.5
	BNP	Gautam Chakroborty	45,598	16.7	−26.0
	IAB	Md. Akhinur Mia	3,822	1.4	N/A
	KSJL	Anwarul Islam Roton	1,731	0.6	−0.5
	BDB	Monjur Rashed	870	0.3	N/A
	Gano Forum	Mohammad Motasim Billah	714	0.3	N/A
Majority			47,498	17.3	+15.8
Turnout			273,831	87.4	+16.4
	Independent gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Tangail-6^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Gautam Chakroborty	55,173	42.7	+5.0
	AL	Khondokar Abdul Baten	53,295	41.2	+5.6
	Independent	Golam Mohammad Khan	16,462	12.7	N/A
	IJOF	Md. Emdad Hossain	2,418	1.9	N/A
	KSJL	Arif Khan Yusuf Zye	1,399	1.1	N/A
	CPB	Md. Abdur Rouf	309	0.2	N/A
	Independent	Md. Masudur Rahman	154	0.1	N/A
	Jatiya Janata Party (Nurul Islam)	Md. Golam Mostafa	66	0.1	0.0
	Jatiya Party (M)	Md. A. B. M. Borhan Uddin	54	0.0	N/A
Majority			1,878	1.5	−0.6
Turnout			129,330	71.0	+1.0
	BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Tangail-6^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Gautam Chakroborty	34,279	37.7	−1.1
	AL	Khondokar Abdul Baten	32,329	35.6	+14.4
	JP(E)	Noor Muhammad Khan	22,138	24.4	+23.6
	JI	A. K. M. Abdul Hamid	1,676	1.8	N/A
	Zaker Party	Aminur Rahman	195	0.2	−2.1
	Independent	Md. Saiful Alam Khan	170	0.2	N/A
	Jatiya Janata Party (Nurul Islam)	Md. Golam Mostofa	140	0.1	N/A
Majority			1,950	2.1	−15.5
Turnout			90,927	70.0	+19.7
	BNP hold

General Election 1991: Tangail-6^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Khandaker Abu Taher	32,845	38.8
	AL	Abdul Mannan	17,936	21.2
	Independent	Kh. Enamul Kabir Shahid	14,079	16.6
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Khondokar Abdul Baten	11,694	13.8
	Independent	Md. Faizul Wara	2,234	2.6
	Zaker Party	Aminur Rahman	1,951	2.3
	Jatiya Oikkya Front	Ali Akbar	1,809	2.1
	CPB	Md. Daudul Islam	1,227	1.5
	JP(E)	Md. Wadur Rahman Khan	703	0.8
	Independent	Mir A. Shahjahan	104	0.1
Majority			14,909	17.6
Turnout			84,582	50.3
	BNP gain from JP(E)