Tangail-2

Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad

Tangail-2

Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
District| Tangail District
Division| Dhaka Division
Electorate| 348,670 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created| 1973
Party| Awami League
Member(s)| Soto Monir

Tangail-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by Soto Monir of the Awami League.

## Boundaries[edit]

The constituency encompasses Bhuapur and Gopalpur upazilas.[2][3]

## History[edit]

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

## Members of Parliament[edit]

Election | Member | Party

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| 1973 | Hatem Ali Talukdar | Awami League[4]
| 1979 | Afazuddin Fakir | Bangladesh Nationalist Party[5]
Major Boundary Changes
| 1986 | Shamsul Haque Talukder | Jatiya Party[6]
| 1988 | Abdul Matin Mia | Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (Siraj)[7]
| 1991 | Abdus Salam Pintu | Bangladesh Nationalist Party
| 1996 | Khandaker Asaduzzaman | Awami League
| 2001 | Abdus Salam Pintu | Bangladesh Nationalist Party
| 2008 | Khandaker Asaduzzaman | Awami League
| 2018 | Soto Monir | Awami League[1]

## Elections[edit]

### Elections in the 2010s[edit]

General Election 2014: Tangail-2[8] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| AL | Khandaker Asaduzzaman | 140,759  | 94.6  | +37.0
| JP(E) | Azizur Rahman Tarafdar  | 8,017  | 5.4  | N/A
Majority  | 132,742  | 89.2  | +72.8
Turnout | 148,776  | 47.7  | −41.0
| AL hold

### Elections in the 2000s[edit]

General Election 2008: Tangail-2[2][9][10] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| AL | Khandaker Asaduzzaman | 144,710  | 57.6  | +10.0
| BNP | Sultan Salahuddin Tuku  | 103,509  | 41.2  | −7.5
| KSJL | Khaleda Habib  | 2,033  | 0.8  | −0.8
| BDB | Munirul Islam  | 552  | 0.2  | N/A
| Zaker Party  | Anamul Haque Manju  | 410  | 0.2  | N/A
Majority  | 41,201  | 16.4  | +15.3
Turnout | 251,214  | 88.7  | +12.8
| AL gain from BNP
General Election 2001: Tangail-2[11] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| BNP | Abdus Salam Pintu | 105,273  | 48.7  | +7.8
| AL | Khandaker Asaduzzaman | 102,999  | 47.6  | +1.5
| IJOF | Md. Shamsul Haq Talukder  | 4,296  | 2.0  | N/A
| KSJL | Abdul Kader Siddique | 3,519  | 1.6  | N/A
| Jatiya Party (M) | Aziz Bangal  | 236  | 0.1  | N/A
Majority  | 2,274  | 1.1  | −4.1
Turnout | 216,323  | 75.9  | +0.3
| BNP gain from AL

### Elections in the 1990s[edit]

General Election June 1996: Tangail-2[11] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| AL | Khandaker Asaduzzaman | 77,086  | 46.1  | +7.2
| BNP | Abdus Salam Pintu | 68,406  | 40.9  | −10.8
| JP(E) | Md. Shamim Al Mamun  | 15,188  | 9.1  | +0.9
| Jamaat-e-Islami | Md. Abdus Salam Khan  | 5,801  | 3.5  | N/A
| Gano Forum | Faridul Alam Talukdar  | 371  | 0.2  | N/A
| Democratic Republican Party  | Md. Helal Uddin Khan  | 237  | 0.1  | N/A
Majority  | 8,680  | 5.2  | −7.6
Turnout | 167,089  | 75.6  | +18.4
| AL gain from BNP
General Election 1991: Tangail-2[11] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| BNP | Abdus Salam Pintu | 75,603  | 51.7  |
| AL | Hatem Ali Talukdar | 56,852  | 38.9  |
| JP(E) | Shamsul Haq Talukdar | 12,016  | 8.2  |
| UCL | K. Jahangir  | 530  | 0.4  |
| Zaker Party  | Md. Ali  | 512  | 0.4  |
| Independent | Md. Rafiqul Islam  | 452  | 0.3  |
| Independent | Sham Shankar Dutta  | 217  | 0.1  |
Majority  | 18,751  | 12.8  |
Turnout | 146,182  | 57.2  |
| BNP gain from JSD (S)

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "Tangail-2". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
2. ^ a b "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
3. ^ "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF) (in Bengali). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
4. ^ "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF) (in Bengali). Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
5. ^ "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF) (in Bengali). Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
6. ^ "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF) (in Bengali). Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
7. ^ "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF) (in Bengali). Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
8. ^ "Tangail-2". Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
9. ^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
10. ^ "Nomination submission List" (in Bengali). Bangladesh Election Commission. Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
11. ^ a b c "Parliament Election Result of 1991,1996,2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 29 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.

## External links[edit]

* "People's Republic of Bangladesh". Psephos.

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