Tangail-7

Tangail-7 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh by Khan Ahmed Shuvo. Since 2001 it was represented by Md. Akabbar Hossain of the Awami League.

Tangail-7
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Tangail District
Division	Dhaka Division
Electorate	322,673 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
← 135 Tangail-6 137 Tangail-8 →

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Mirzapur Upazila.^[2][3]

History

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

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1973	Shawkat Ali Khan	Awami League[4]
	1979	Khaju Mia	BNP[5]
Major Boundary Changes
	1986	Wajid Ali Khan Panni	Jaitya Party[6][7]
	1991	Kh. Badar Uddin	BNP
	1996	Abul Kalam Azad Siddiqui
	2001	Md. Akabbar Hossain	Awami League
	2022 by-election	Khan Ahmed Shuvo

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Ekabbar Hossain was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.^[8]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Tangail-7^[2][9][10]

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

General Election 2001: Tangail-7^[11]

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

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Tangail-7^[11]

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
	JI	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

General Election 1991: Tangail-7^[11]

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)