Tangail-8 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2026 by Ahmed Azam Khan of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.
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 ElectionMemberParty 1973 Fazlur Rahman Faruque Awami League 1979 Morshed Ali Khan Panni Bangladesh Nationalist PartyMajor Boundary Changes 1986 Shawkat Momen Shahjahan Awami League 1988 Morshed Ali Khan Panni Jatiya Party 1991 Humayun Khan Panni Bangladesh Nationalist Party Feb 1996 Humayun Khan Panni Bangladesh Nationalist Party Jun 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 2026 Ahmed Azam Khan Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
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
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.
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