Tangail-6

{{Infobox constituency

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| parl_name = Jatiya Sangsad

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| district = Tangail District

| region_label = Division

| region = Dhaka Division

| population =

| electorate = 390,446 (2018)

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| year = 1973

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| module = {{align|left|← 134 Tangail-5}}{{align|right|136 Tangail-7 →}}

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

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Delduar and Nagarpur upazilas.

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. The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.

Members of Parliament

class="wikitable"
colspan="2"\|Election	Member	Party
style="background-color:{{party color\|Bangladesh Awami League}}" \| \| 1973 \| Abdul Mannan \| Awami League
style="background-color:{{party color\|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" \| \| 1979 \| Noor Muhammad Khan \| BNP
colspan="4" \|Major Boundary Changes
style="background-color:{{party color\|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" \| \| 1986 \| Noor Muhammad Khan \| Jatiya Party
style="background-color:{{party color\|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" \| \| 1991 \| Khandaker Abu Taher \| rowspan="2" \| BNP
style="background-color:{{party color\|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" \| \| 1996 \| Gautam Chakroborty
style="background-color:{{party color\|Independent politician}}" \| \|2008 \| rowspan="2" \|Khondokar Abdul Baten \|Independent
style="background-color:{{party color\|Bangladesh Awami League}}" \| \| 2014 \| rowspan="2" \| Awami League
style="background-color:{{party color\|Bangladesh Awami League}}" \| \| 2018 \| Ahasanul Islam Titu

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colspan="2"|Election

Member

Party

style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" |

| 1973

| Abdul Mannan

| Awami League

style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" |

| 1979

| Noor Muhammad Khan

| BNP

colspan="4" |Major Boundary Changes

style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" |

| 1986

| Noor Muhammad Khan

| Jatiya Party

style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" |

| 1991

| Khandaker Abu Taher

| rowspan="2" | BNP

style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" |

| 1996

| Gautam Chakroborty

style="background-color:{{party color|Independent politician}}" |

|2008

| rowspan="2" |Khondokar Abdul Baten

|Independent

style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" |

| 2014

| rowspan="2" | Awami League

style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" |

| 2018

| Ahasanul Islam Titu

Elections

= Elections in the 2010s =

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Awami League

|candidate = Khondokar Abdul Baten

|votes = 66,292

|percentage = 81.9

|change = +50.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Kazi ATM Anisur Rahman Bulbul

|votes = 14,621

|percentage = 18.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 51,671

|percentage = 63.9

|change = +46.6

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 80,913

|percentage = 23.3

|change = +6.0

}}

{{Election box gain with party link without swing|

|winner = Bangladesh Awami League

|loser = Independent (politician)

}}

= Elections in the 2000s =

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Khondokar Abdul Baten

|votes = 134,297

|percentage = 49.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Awami League

|candidate = Ahasanul Islam Titu

|votes = 86,799

|percentage = 31.7

|change = -9.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party

|candidate = Gautam Chakroborty

|votes = 45,598

|percentage = 16.7

|change = -26.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Islami Andolan Bangladesh

|candidate = Md. Akhinur Mia

|votes = 3,822

|percentage = 1.4

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Krishak Sramik Janata League

|candidate = Anwarul Islam Roton

|votes = 1,731

|percentage = 0.6

|change = -0.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh

|candidate = Monjur Rashed

|votes = 870

|percentage = 0.3

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Gano Forum

|candidate = Mohammad Motasim Billah

|votes = 714

|percentage = 0.3

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 47,498

|percentage = 17.3

|change = +15.8

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 273,831

|percentage = 87.4

|change = +16.4

}}

{{Election box gain with party link without swing|

|winner = Independent (politician)

|loser = Bangladesh Nationalist Party

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party

|candidate = Gautam Chakroborty

|votes = 55,173

|percentage = 42.7

|change = +5.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Awami League

|candidate = Khondokar Abdul Baten

|votes = 53,295

|percentage = 41.2

|change = +5.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Golam Mohammad Khan

|votes = 16,462

|percentage = 12.7

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front

|candidate = Md. Emdad Hossain

|votes = 2,418

|percentage = 1.9

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Krishak Sramik Janata League

|candidate = Arif Khan Yusuf Zye

|votes = 1,399

|percentage = 1.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Communist Party of Bangladesh

|candidate = Md. Abdur Rouf

|votes = 309

|percentage = 0.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Md. Masudur Rahman

|votes = 154

|percentage = 0.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Jatiya Janata Party (Nurul Islam)

|candidate = Md. Golam Mostafa

|votes = 66

|percentage = 0.1

|change = 0.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Jatiya Party (Manju)

|candidate = Md. A. B. M. Borhan Uddin

|votes = 54

|percentage = 0.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 1,878

|percentage = 1.5

|change = -0.6

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 129,330

|percentage = 71.0

|change = +1.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link without swing|

|winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party

}}

= Elections in the 1990s =

{{Election box begin | title=General Election June 1996: Tangail-6}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party

|candidate = Gautam Chakroborty

|votes = 34,279

|percentage = 37.7

|change = -1.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Awami League

|candidate = Khondokar Abdul Baten

|votes = 32,329

|percentage = 35.6

|change = +14.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Jatiya Party (Ershad)

|candidate = Noor Muhammad Khan

|votes = 22,138

|percentage = 24.4

|change = +23.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami

|candidate = A. K. M. Abdul Hamid

|votes = 1,676

|percentage = 1.8

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Zaker Party

|candidate = Aminur Rahman

|votes = 195

|percentage = 0.2

|change = -2.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Md. Saiful Alam Khan

|votes = 170

|percentage = 0.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Jatiya Janata Party (Nurul Islam)

|candidate = Md. Golam Mostofa

|votes = 140

|percentage = 0.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 1,950

|percentage = 2.1

|change = -15.5

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 90,927

|percentage = 70.0

|change = +19.7

}}

{{Election box hold with party link without swing|

|winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party

|candidate = Khandaker Abu Taher

|votes = 32,845

|percentage = 38.8

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Awami League

|candidate = Abdul Mannan

|votes = 17,936

|percentage = 21.2

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Kh. Enamul Kabir Shahid

|votes = 14,079

|percentage = 16.6

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD

|candidate = Khondokar Abdul Baten

|votes = 11,694

|percentage = 13.8

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Md. Faizul Wara

|votes = 2,234

|percentage = 2.6

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Zaker Party

|candidate = Aminur Rahman

|votes = 1,951

|percentage = 2.3

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Jatiya Oikkya Front

|candidate = Ali Akbar

|votes = 1,809

|percentage = 2.1

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Communist Party of Bangladesh

|candidate = Md. Daudul Islam

|votes = 1,227

|percentage = 1.5

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Jatiya Party (Ershad)

|candidate = Md. Wadur Rahman Khan

|votes = 703

|percentage = 0.8

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Mir A. Shahjahan

|votes = 104

|percentage = 0.1

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 14,909

|percentage = 17.6

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 84,582

|percentage = 50.3

|change =

}}

{{Election box gain with party link without swing|

|winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party

|loser = Jatiya Party (Ershad)

}}

References

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{{cite news |title=Tangail-6 |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Tangail-6&d=dhaka |work=The Daily Star |access-date=31 December 2018}}

{{cite web |url=http://123.49.39.5/delimitation_pdF/const_book_2008.pdf |title=Constituency Maps of Bangladesh |author= |date=2010 |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |format=PDF |access-date=13 August 2014}}

{{cite web |url=http://www.ecs.gov.bd/NewsFilesEng/101.PDF |title=Delimitation of Constituencies |author= |date=2013 |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |format=PDF |language=bn |access-date=23 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727220238/http://www.ecs.gov.bd/NewsFilesEng/101.PDF |archive-date=27 July 2014}}

{{cite book |last=Rahman |first=Syedur |date=2010 |title=Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bJfcCPUr0OoC&pg=PA105 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |page=105 |isbn=978-0-8108-7453-4}}

{{cite news |last=Liton |first=Shakhawat |date=11 July 2008 |title=Final list of redrawn JS seats published |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-45202 |newspaper=The Daily Star}}

{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/1st.pdf |title=List of 1st Parliament Members |author= |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 February 2018}}

{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/2nd.pdf |title=List of 2nd Parliament Members |author= |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 August 2014}}

{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/3rd.pdf |title=List of 3rd Parliament Members |author= |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 August 2014}}

{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/4th.pdf |title=List of 4th Parliament Members |author= |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 August 2014}}

{{cite news |title=Tangail-6 |url=http://election.dhakatribune.com/pages/search_candidates/?constituency_id=135 |work=Bangladesh Election Result 2014 |publisher=Dhaka Tribune |access-date=8 February 2018}}

{{cite web |url=http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=131&Year=2008 |title=Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results |author= |website=Amar Desh |access-date=8 February 2018}}

{{cite web |url=http://www.ecs.gov.bd/Bangla/nomination_info.php?findconstall=1 |title=Nomination submission List |author= |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |language=bn |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211190041/http://www.ecs.gov.bd/Bangla/nomination_info.php?findconstall=1 |archive-date=11 February 2018 |access-date=9 February 2018}}

{{cite web |url=http://votemonitor.net:80/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=138 |title=Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics |author= |website=Vote Monitor Networks |access-date=11 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229001849/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=138 |archive-date=29 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}

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External links

{{Cite web |url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/b/bangladesh/ |title=People's Republic of Bangladesh |website=Psephos}}

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