# Tangail-8

Tangail-8 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) .

## Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Basail and Sakhipur upazilas.

## History

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

## Members of Parliament

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 1973 | Fazlur Rahman Faruque | Awami League |
| | 1979 | Morshed Ali Khan Panni | BNP |
| Major Boundary Changes ||||
| | 1986 | Shawkat Momen Shahjahan | Awami League |
| | 1988 | Morshed Ali Khan Panni | Jatiya Party |
| | 1991 | Humayun Khan Panni | BNP |
| | 1996 | Abdul Kader Siddique | Awami League |
| | 1999 by-election | Shawkat Momen Shahjahan | Awami League |
| | 2001 | Abdul Kader Siddique | Krishak Sramik Janata League |
| | 2008 | Shawkat Momen Shahjahan | Awami League |
| | 2014 by-election | Anupam Shahjahan Joy | Awami League |
| | 2018 | Joaherul Islam | Awami League |
| | 2024 | Anupam Shahjahan Joy | Awami League |

## 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.
Shawkat Momen Shahjahan 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

General Election 2008: Tangail-8 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AL | Shawkat Momen Shahjahan | 134,626 | 56.0 | +27.1 |
| | BNP | Ahmed Aazam Khan | 65,521 | 27.2 | +0.1 |
| | KSJL | Abdul Kader Siddiqui | 38,775 | 16.1 | −26.6 |
| | Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD | Shafiul Alam | 756 | 0.3 | N/A |
| | BRWP | Shohiduzzaman Lal Miah | 567 | 0.2 | N/A |
| | LDP | Sheikh Faruquzzaman | 293 | 0.1 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 69,105 | 28.7 | +14.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 240,538 | 88.8 | +17.8 |
| | AL gain from KSJL | AL gain from KSJL | AL gain from KSJL | AL gain from KSJL | AL gain from KSJL |
General Election 2001: Tangail-8 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | KSJL | Abdul Kader Siddique | 80,558 | 42.7 | |
| | AL | Abdus Salam Khan | 54,505 | 28.9 | |
| | BNP | Ahmed Azam Khan | 51,135 | 27.1 | |
| | IJOF | Md. Rezaul Karim | 1,306 | 0.7 | |
| | Independent | Nasir Uddin | 877 | 0.5 | |
| | Jatiya Party (M) | Nilufar Yasmin | 351 | 0.2 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 26,053 | 13.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 188,732 | 71.0 | |
| | KSJL gain from AL | KSJL gain from AL | KSJL gain from AL | KSJL gain from AL | KSJL gain from AL |

### Elections in the 1990s

Abdul Kader Siddique was expelled from the Awami League in 1999 over disagreements with party leadership. He resigned from Parliament, and stood as an independent candidate in the resulting November 1999 by-election. He lost to Shawkat Momen Shahjahan of the Awami League.
General Election June 1996: Tangail-8 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AL | Abdul Kader Siddique | 100,303 | 62.6 | +17.1 |
| | BNP | Md. Qamruzzaman Khan | 35,343 | 22.1 | −25.2 |
| | JP(E) | Shah Khaled Reza | 20,485 | 12.8 | +7.9 |
| | Jamaat-e-Islami | Khandakar Abdur Razzak | 2,582 | 1.6 | N/A |
| | FP | Md. A. Based | 885 | 0.6 | N/A |
| | Zaker Party | Md. Sohrab Ali | 363 | 0.2 | −0.1 |
| | Gano Forum | Ershadul Haque Bulbul | 168 | 0.1 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 64,690 | 40.4 | +38.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 160,129 | 78.4 | +23.6 |
| | AL gain from BNP | AL gain from BNP | AL gain from BNP | AL gain from BNP | AL gain from BNP |
General Election 1991: Tangail-8 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BNP | Humayun Khan Panni | 61,396 | 47.3 | |
| | AL | Abdul Kader Siddique | 59,089 | 45.5 | |
| | JP(E) | Morshed Ali Khan Ponni | 6,309 | 4.9 | |
| | JSD (S) | Md. Abul Hashim | 1,562 | 1.2 | |
| | Jatiya Jukta Front | Md. Ashraf Ali | 558 | 0.4 | |
| | Zaker Party | Md. Abdullah Miah | 322 | 0.3 | |
| | Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD | A. Samad | 271 | 0.2 | |
| | NDP | Kh. Ruhul Amin Selim | 233 | 0.2 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,307 | 1.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 129,740 | 54.8 | |
| | BNP gain from JP(E) | BNP gain from JP(E) | BNP gain from JP(E) | BNP gain from JP(E) | BNP gain from JP(E) |