{{short description|Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad}} {{Infobox constituency | name = Tangail-8 | type = | constituency_link = | parl_name = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] | map1 = | map_size = | image = টাঙ্গাইল-৮.svg | map_entity = | map_year = | caption = | map2 = | image2 = | caption2 = | district_label = | district = [[Tangail District]] | region_label = Division | region = [[Dhaka Division]] | population = | electorate = 346,646 (2018)<ref name="2018results" /> | towns = | future = | year = 1973 | abolished_label = | abolished = | members_label = | party_label = <!-- defaults to "Party" --> | next = | previous = | module = {{align|left|← [[Tangail-7|136 Tangail-7]]}}{{align|right|[[Jamalpur-1|138 Jamalpur-1]] →}} }} '''Tangail-8''' is a constituency represented in the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] (National Parliament) of [[Bangladesh]]. [[Ahmed Azam Khan]] is the incumbent representative for this constituency.
== Boundaries == The constituency encompasses [[Basail Upazila|Basail]] and [[Sakhipur Upazila|Sakhipur]] upazilas.<ref name="maps" /><ref name="ecs" />
== History == The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
== Members of Parliament == {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[1973 Bangladeshi general election|1973]] | [[Fazlur Rahman Faruque]] | [[Awami League]]<ref name="1973results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[1979 Bangladeshi general election|1979]] | [[Morshed Ali Khan Panni]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]]<ref name="1979results" /> |- ! colspan="4" |Major Boundary Changes |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[1986 Bangladeshi general election|1986]] | [[Shawkat Momen Shahjahan]] | Awami League<ref name="1986results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | | [[1988 Bangladeshi general election|1988]] | Morshed Ali Khan Panni | [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]]<ref name="1988results" /><ref name="jug26Dec2017" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[1991 Bangladeshi general election|1991]] | [[Humayun Khan Panni]] | BNP |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|1996]] | [[Abdul Kader Siddique]] | rowspan="2" | Awami League |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | 1999 by-election | Shawkat Momen Shahjahan |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Krishak Sramik Janata League}}" | | [[2001 Bangladeshi general election|2001]] | Abdul Kader Siddique | [[Krishak Sramik Janata League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008]] | Shawkat Momen Shahjahan | rowspan="4" | Awami League<ref name="2018results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | 2014 by-election | [[Anupam Shahjahan Joy]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2018 Bangladeshi general election|2018]] | [[Joaherul Islam]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | |[[2024 Bangladeshi general election|2024]] |Anupam Shahjahan Joy |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | |[[2026 Bangladeshi general election|2026]] |[[Ahmed Azam Khan]] |BNP |- |}
== Elections ==
=== Elections in the 2010s === Shawkat Momen Shahjahan died in January 2014, barely two weeks after the general election. Anupam Shahjahan Joy, his son, was elected in a by-election conducted in March and April. He defeated independent candidates Md. Malek Mian, Abu Sayed Azad, and Liakat Ali, and [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)]] candidate Sadek Siddiqui.<ref name="bdn29Mar2014" /><ref name="na17Apr2014" />
Shawkat Momen Shahjahan was re-elected unopposed in the [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014 general election]] after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.<ref name="2014results" />
=== Elections in the 2000s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2008 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2008]]: Tangail-8<ref name="maps" /><ref name="2008results" /><ref name="2008nomination" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Shawkat Momen Shahjahan]] |votes = 134,626 |percentage = 56.0 |change = +27.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = Ahmed Aazam Khan |votes = 65,521 |percentage = 27.2 |change = +0.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Krishak Sramik Janata League |candidate = [[Abdul Kader Siddiqui]] |votes = 38,775 |percentage = 16.1 |change = -26.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD |candidate = Shafiul Alam |votes = 756 |percentage = 0.3 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Revolutionary Workers Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Shohiduzzaman Lal Miah |votes = 567 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Democratic Party (Bangladesh) |candidate = Sheikh Faruquzzaman |votes = 293 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 69,105 |percentage = 28.7 |change = +14.9 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 240,538 |percentage = 88.8 |change = +17.8 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League |loser = Krishak Sramik Janata League }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2001 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2001]]: Tangail-8<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Krishak Sramik Janata League |candidate = [[Abdul Kader Siddique]] |votes = 80,558 |percentage = 42.7 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = Abdus Salam Khan |votes = 54,505 |percentage = 28.9 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = Ahmed Azam Khan |votes = 51,135 |percentage = 27.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front |candidate = Md. Rezaul Karim |votes = 1,306 |percentage = 0.7 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Nasir Uddin |votes = 877 |percentage = 0.5 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Manju) |candidate = Nilufar Yasmin |votes = 351 |percentage = 0.2 |change = }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 26,053 |percentage = 13.8 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 188,732 |percentage = 71.0 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Krishak Sramik Janata League |loser = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 1990s === Abdul Kader Siddique was expelled from the Awami League in 1999 over disagreements with party leadership.<ref name="bk12Sep2015" /><ref name="ind21Oct2015" /> He resigned from Parliament,<ref name="th1Sep1999" /> and stood as an independent candidate in the resulting November 1999 by-election. He lost to Shawkat Momen Shahjahan of the Awami League.<ref name="Akhter2001" /><ref name="ds20Jan2014" />
{{Election box begin | title=[[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|General Election June 1996]]: Tangail-8<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Abdul Kader Siddique]] |votes = 100,303 |percentage = 62.6 |change = +17.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = Md. Qamruzzaman Khan |votes = 35,343 |percentage = 22.1 |change = -25.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Shah Khaled Reza |votes = 20,485 |percentage = 12.8 |change = +7.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Khandakar Abdur Razzak |votes = 2,582 |percentage = 1.6 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Freedom Party |candidate = Md. A. Based |votes = 885 |percentage = 0.6 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Md. Sohrab Ali |votes = 363 |percentage = 0.2 |change = -0.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Gano Forum |candidate = Ershadul Haque Bulbul |votes = 168 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 64,690 |percentage = 40.4 |change = +38.6 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 160,129 |percentage = 78.4 |change = +23.6 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League |loser = Bangladesh Nationalist Party }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1991 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 1991]]: Tangail-8<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Humayun Khan Panni]] |votes = 61,396 |percentage = 47.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Abdul Kader Siddique]] |votes = 59,089 |percentage = 45.5 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Morshed Ali Khan Ponni |votes = 6,309 |percentage = 4.9 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (Siraj) |candidate = Md. Abul Hashim |votes = 1,562 |percentage = 1.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Jatiya Jukta Front |candidate = Md. Ashraf Ali |votes = 558 |percentage = 0.4 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Md. Abdullah Miah |votes = 322 |percentage = 0.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD |candidate = A. Samad |votes = 271 |percentage = 0.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = NDP |candidate = Kh. Ruhul Amin Selim |votes = 233 |percentage = 0.2 |change = }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 2,307 |percentage = 1.8 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 129,740 |percentage = 54.8 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |loser = Jatiya Party (Ershad) }} {{Election box end}}
== References == <references> <ref name="2018results">{{cite news |title=Tangail-8 |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Tangail-8&d=dhaka |work=The Daily Star |access-date=31 December 2018}}</ref> <ref name="maps">{{cite web |url=http://123.49.39.5/delimitation_pdF/const_book_2008.pdf |title=Constituency Maps of Bangladesh |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2010 |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |format=PDF |access-date=13 August 2014}}</ref> <ref name="ecs">{{cite web |url=http://www.ecs.gov.bd/NewsFilesEng/101.PDF |title=Delimitation of Constituencies |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |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}}</ref> <ref name="1973results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/1st.pdf |title=List of 1st Parliament Members |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 February 2018}}</ref> <ref name="1979results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/2nd.pdf |title=List of 2nd Parliament Members |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 August 2014}}</ref> <ref name="1986results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/3rd.pdf |title=List of 3rd Parliament Members |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 August 2014}}</ref> <ref name="1988results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/4th.pdf |title=List of 4th Parliament Members |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 August 2014}}</ref> <ref name="jug26Dec2017">{{cite news |script-title=bn:সংশোধনী |trans-title=Correction |url=https://www.jugantor.com/news-archive/news/2017/12/26/182328/print |language=bn |newspaper=Daily Jugantor |date=26 December 2017}}</ref> <ref name="bdn29Mar2014">{{cite news |title=Tangail-8 by-polls end, counting on |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2014/03/29/tangail-8-by-polls-end-counting-on |newspaper=bdnews24.com |date=29 March 2014}}</ref> <ref name="na17Apr2014">{{cite news |title=AL candidate wins Tangail 8 by-polls |url=http://archive.newagebd.net/3518/al-candidate-wins-tangail-8-by-polls/ |newspaper=New Age |location=Dhaka |date=17 April 2014}}</ref> <ref name="2014results">{{cite news |last=Ahmed |first=Taib |date=15 December 2013 |title=AL closer to majority before voting |url=http://archive.newagebd.net/260342/al-closer-to-majority-before-voting/ |newspaper=New Age |location=Dhaka |access-date=12 August 2014 |archive-date=3 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503164909/http://archive.newagebd.net/260342/al-closer-to-majority-before-voting/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="2008results">{{cite web |url=http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=131&Year=2008 |title=Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Amar Desh |access-date=8 February 2018}}</ref> <ref name="2008nomination">{{cite web |url=http://www.ecs.gov.bd/Bangla/nomination_info.php?findconstall=1 |title=Nomination submission List |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |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}}</ref> <ref name="votemonitor">{{cite web |url=http://votemonitor.net:80/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=140 |title=Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Vote Monitor Networks |access-date=11 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229000617/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=140 |archive-date=29 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="bk12Sep2015">{{cite news |script-title=bn:বড় ভাইয়ের আসনে প্রার্থী হচ্ছেন কাদের সিদ্দিকী |trans-title=Kader Siddiqui is the candidate for the elder brother's seat |url=http://www.bhorerkagoj.net/online/2015/09/12/118196.php |language=bn |newspaper=Bhorer Kagoj |date=12 September 2015}}</ref> <ref name="ind21Oct2015">{{cite news |title=AL tri-annual confce held |url=http://www.theindependentbd.com/home/printnews/20145 |newspaper=The Independent |date=21 October 2015}}</ref> <ref name="th1Sep1999">{{cite news |title=Bangladesh: Rebel MP's resignation will not affect party: Hasina |newspaper=The Hindu |date=1 September 1999}}</ref> <ref name="Akhter2001">{{cite book |last=Akhter |first=Muhammad Yeahia |year=2001 |title=Electoral Corruption in Bangladesh |publisher=Ashgate |page=168 |isbn=0-7546-1628-2}}</ref> <ref name="ds20Jan2014">{{cite news |title=Tangail-8 MP Shajahan passes away |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/tangail-8-mp-shajahan-passes-away-7606 |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=20 January 2014}}</ref> </references>
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