2023 Rajshahi City Corporation election

21 June 2023
Registered351,982
Turnout56.2%
Mayoral election
21 June 2023
 
Nominee A. H. M. Khairuzzaman Liton Murshid Alam
Party AL IAB
Popular vote 160,290 13,483

Mayor before election

A. H. M. Khairuzzaman Liton
AL

Elected Mayor

A. H. M. Khairuzzaman Liton
AL

Council election
21 June 2023
40 seats in the Rajshahi City Corporation
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
AL 31 +5
BNP Didn't contest 0 −5
WPB 1 0
Independent 8 +5
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

The 2023 Rajshahi City Corporation election was an election in Rajshahi, Bangladesh, that was held on 21 June 2023 to elect the next mayor & councillors of Rajshahi.[1] In this election, Awami League candidate achieved a landslide victory.

Schedule

The schedule of the election was announced by the Election Commission of Bangladesh on 29 March 2023.[2]

Event Date Day
Date of Notification3 April 2023Monday
Deadline for submission of nomination paper23 May 2023
Date for scrutiny of nominations25 May 2023
Appeal against the nomination paper scrutiny26-28 May 2023
Appeal resolve29-31 May 2023
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures1 June 2023
Symbols distribution2 June 2023
Date of poll & counting21 June 2023Wednesday

Candidates

Mayoral election

A total of 4 candidates were contested for the mayoral post.

Name Election Symbol   Party Ref.
A. H. M. Khairuzzaman Liton Nouka (Boat) Bangladesh Awami League [3][4]
Murshid Alam Hatpakha (Hand fan) Islami Andolon Bangladesh
Saiful Islam Langol (Plough) Jatiya Party (Ershad)
AKM Anowar Hossain Golap ful (Rose) Zaker Party

Council election

In Rajshahi, 46 candidates were contested for 10 women-reserved seats and 112 were contested for 30 seats of ward councillors.

Results

Mayoral election

A. H. M. Khairuzzaman Liton was elected as mayor of the Rajshahi City Corporation by defeating Islami Andolan Bangladesh candidate Murshid Alam.[5][6][7]

2023 Rajshahi City Corporation election: Mayoral election[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL A. H. M. Khairuzzaman Liton 160,290 N/A
IAB Murshid Alam 13,483 N/A
Zaker Party Latif Anwar 11,713 N/A
JP(E) Saiful Islam Swapan 10,272 N/A
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors 351,982
AL hold

See also

References

  1. "Polls to 5 city corporations: AL nominates mayoral candidates". The daily star. 15 April 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  2. "EC announces polls schedule for five city corporations". Dhaka Tribune. 3 April 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  3. "Awami League's contender - JaPa or others?". Prothom Alo. 14 April 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  4. "Symbols among RCC poll candidates distributed". Dhaka Post. 2 June 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  5. "AL sweeps Rajshahi, Sylhet amid record-low turnout". The Daily Star. 21 June 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  6. "Khairuzzaman Liton reelected Rajshahi city mayor". Prothom Alo. 21 June 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  7. "Liton re-elected mayor of Rajshahi, Anwaruzzaman wins in Sylhet". bdnews24.com. 21 June 2023. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  8. "RCC polls: Liton wins mayoral race with a huge margin". The Daily Star. 21 June 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2023.


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