Tangail-7 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
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by
Khan Ahmed Shuvo
Khan Ahmed Shuvo (born 15 July 1975) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Tangail-7 constituency. He has won the by-elections in Tangail (Mirzapur) constituency that held on 16 January 2022.
Caree ...
. Since 2001 it was represented by
Md. Akabbar Hossain of the
Awami League In Urdu language, Awami is the adjectival form for '' Awam'', the Urdu language word for common people.
The adjective appears in the following proper names:
*Awami Colony, a neighbourhood of Landhi Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
*Awami Front, wa ...
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Boundaries
The constituency encompasses
Mirzapur Upazila
Mirzapur ( bn, মির্জাপুর) is an upazila of Tangail District in the division of Dhaka Division, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Geography
Mirzapur is located at . It has 61479 households and a total area of 373.89 km2.
Demographics
As of ...
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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
Ekabbar Hossain was re-elected unopposed in the
2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.
Elections in the 2000s
Elections in the 1990s
References
External links
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Parliamentary constituencies in Bangladesh
Tangail District
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