Local government election in Bangladesh
2022 Rangpur City Corporation election Registered 426,470 Turnout 65.88% (pp )
Mayoral election
Council election
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
The 2022 Rangpur City Corporation election was a Bangladeshi local governmental election held on 27 December 2022. The City Corporation elections are held every five years, and this was the third of its kind in Rangpur . The mayor and 44 councilors of the corporation were elected in this election. A total of 9 candidates contested in the mayoral election, and other 246 contesting for general councils and reserved (women) seats.[ 1] [ 2] Jatiya Party 's Mostafizar Rahman Mostafa held the mayoral post by winning in a huge margin with ruling Awami League 's candidate landing as fourth.
Prior to the election, Rangpur was the only city held by the Jatiya Party (Ershad) ,[ 3] Jatiya Sangsad .[ 4] Awami League . According to political analysts, the elections held significance for the Awami League-government and the newly formed Election Commission under Kazi Habibul Awwal - because election commissions under the government is accused by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) of being a 'puppet commission' of the government to turn Bangladesh into a de facto one-party state under Awami League.[ 5] [ 6] [better source needed As Cumilla City Corporation 's mayoral post was lost by Bangladesh Nationalist Party to Awami League in an election in June same year , the accusations rose.[ 7] [ c]
Background
City Corporations or City Councils are the highest tier among the local councils of Bangladesh — usually composed of cities or metropolitan areas .[citation needed Elections are held every five years to elect the mayors and ward councilors. Cities are divided into wards. A councilor is elected for each ward by the ward residents. For every three wards, another council seat is reserved for a woman, and is filled by the votes of the residents of those wards.[ 8]
The Rangpur City Corporation (RpCC) is one of the 12 City Corporations in Bangladesh . It comprises the metropolitan Rangpur . It is further divided into 33 wards. The corporation in Rangpur was founded in 2012 and the first election was held the same year, electing Sharfuddin Ahmed Jhantu as the first mayor.
Politically, the Rangpur region is considered a 'bastion' of Jatiya Party, with also consisting a large number Awami League supporters. In the past two elections, first was won by an Awami League candidate who was a past member of Jatiya Party and the last was won by a Jatiya Party candidate.[ 9]
Candidacy
Mayoral election
Results
Mayoral election
Candidate Party Votes % Mostafizar Rahman Mostafa Jatiya Party (Ershad) 146,798 52.44 Amiruzzaman Hossain Islami Andolan Bangladesh 49,892 17.82 Latifur Rahman Milon Independent 33,883 12.10 Hosne Ara Lutfa Dalia Bangladesh Awami League 22,309 7.97 Abu Raihan Bangladesh Congress 10,549 3.77 Khorshed Alam Zaker Party 5,809 2.08 Shafiar Rahman Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal 5,156 1.84 Tauhidur Rahman Mondal Khelafat Majlish 2,864 1.02 Mehedi Hasan Bony Independent 2,679 0.96 Total 279,939 100.00 Valid votes 279,939 99.63 Invalid/blank votes 1,036 0.37 Total votes 280,975 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 426,470 65.88
Council election results
Party-wise
Ward-wise
List of winner councilors of 2022 RpCC election[ 10]
Council seat
Winner party
Winner candidate
Ward Councilor 01
JaPa (E)
Rafiqul Islam
Ward Councilor 02
AL
Ghulam Sarwar Mirza
Ward Councilor 03
JaPa (E)
Aseq Ali
Ward Councilor 04
AL
Haradhan Chandra Roy
Ward Councilor 05
Independent
Mukhlesur Rahman
Ward Councilor 06
Independent
Abu Hasan Chanchal
Ward Councilor 07
Independent
Anwarul Islam
Ward Councilor 08
Independent
Afsar Ali
Ward Councilor 09
Independent
Nazrul Islam Dewani
Ward Councilor 10
Independent
Kamruzzaman
Ward Councilor 11
Independent
Wazedul Arefin
Ward Councilor 12
Independent
Maqbul Hossain[ e]
Ward Councilor 13
AL
Fazle Ilahi
Ward Councilor 14
BaSaD
Mamdel Hossain Sarker
Ward Councilor 15
AL
Zakaria Alam
Ward Councilor 16
AL
Aminur Rahman
Ward Councilor 17
AL
Abdul Ghaffar
Ward Councilor 18
Independent
Masud Rana
Ward Councilor 19
JaPa (E)
Mahmudur Rahman
Ward Councilor 20
AL
Tauhidul Islam
Ward Councilor 21
JaPa (E)
Mahabubar Rahman
Ward Councilor 22
AL
Mizanur Rahman
Ward Councilor 23
Independent
Liton Parvez[ e]
Ward Councilor 24
AL
Rafiqul Islam
Ward Councilor 25
Independent
Nurunnabi Fulu
Ward Councilor 26
AL
Shahzada Arman
Ward Councilor 27
Independent
Rezwar Al Mehedi
Ward Councilor 28
AL
Shahadat Hossain
Ward Councilor 29
AL
Harun Ur Rashid
Ward Councilor 30
AL
Jahangir Alam
Ward Councilor 31
JaPa (E)
Samsul Haque
Ward Councilor 32
AL
Shahadat Hussein
Ward Councilor 33
JaPa (E)
Minazul Islam
Reserved Women Councilor-1
Independent
Dilara Begum
Reserved Women Councilor-2
Independent
Sultana Parveen
Reserved Women Councilor-3
JaPa (E)
Muslemah Begum
Reserved Women Councilor-4
Independent
Shamima Akhter
Reserved Women Councilor-5
Independent
Moslema Begum
Reserved Women Councilor-6
Independent
Zahida Anwari
Reserved Women Councilor-7
JaPa (E)
Ferdousi Begum
Reserved Women Councilor-8
JaPa (E)
Hasna Banu
Reserved Women Councilor-9
Independent
Manoara Sultana
Reserved Women Councilor-10
Independent
Shazmin Nahar Sheuly
Reserved Women Councilor-11
Independent
Jharna Khatun
Notes
^ Awami League 'rebel candidate', sought nomination as independent candidate after not receiving party nomination.^ Of the total 44 seats, one was won uncontested.
^ Although many experts believed that the incumbent BNP-loyalist candidate lost because of grouping in the party and other 'party rebel' candidates.
^ Includes BNP members who contested in elections disobeying party decisions.
^ a b BNP-affiliated politician, ran as independent.
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