Tangail-5 is a constituency represented in the

Jatiya Sangsad The Jatiya Sangsad ( bn, জাতীয় সংসদ, lit=National Parliament, translit=Jatiyô Sôngsôd), often referred to simply as the ''Sangsad'' or JS and also known as the House of the Nation, is the supreme legislative body of ...

(National Parliament) of

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

since 2014 by Sanowar Hossain of the

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Boundaries

The constituency encompasses

Tangail Sadar Upazila Tangail Sadar ( bn, টাঙ্গাইল সদর) is an upazila of Tangail District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Geography Tangail Sadar is located at . It has 69783 households and total area 334.26 km2. The upazila is surro ...

. Ahead of the 2008 general election, the

Election Commission An election commission is a body charged with overseeing the implementation of electioneering process of any country. The formal names of election commissions vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, and may be styled an electoral commission, a c ...

redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the

2001 Bangladesh census In 2001, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics conducted a national census in Bangladesh, ten years after the 1991 census. They recorded data from all of the districts, upazilas, and main cities in Bangladesh including statistical data on populati ...

. The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.

History

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

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

In December 2009, the High Court declared that Quasem's 2008 candidacy had been illegal and vacated the seat. The

declared Mahmudul Hasan, the runner up, elected. After the appeals process concluded, Hasan took office in August 2012.

Elections in the 2000s

Elections in the 1990s

References

External links

* Parliamentary constituencies in Bangladesh Tangail District {{Bangladesh-geo-stub