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Registered | 16,88,677 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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10 June 2010 55 seats in the Chattogram City Corporation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2010 election for mayor of Chattogram City Corporation, Bangladesh was held on 10 June 2010.The result was a victory for the Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate Mohammad Manjur Alam. [1] [2]
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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M. Manjur Alam | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | 479,145 | 54.14 | |
ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury | Bangladesh Awami League | 383,617 | 43.34 | |
Mofazzal Hossain Bhuiyan | Independent | 8,813 | 1.00 | |
Rafiq Islam | Islami Andolan Bangladesh | 6,521 | 0.74 | |
Mohammad Ibrahim | Independent | 2,267 | 0.26 | |
Solayman Alam Sheth | Jatiya Party (Ershad) | 2,083 | 0.24 | |
Jane Alam | Independent | 1,951 | 0.22 | |
Syed Shamsuzzoha | Independent | 667 | 0.08 | |
Total | 885,064 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 885,064 | 96.14 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 35,506 | 3.86 | ||
Total votes | 920,570 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 1,688,677 | 54.51 | ||
Source: |
Party | Leader | Councilor contested seats | Councilor elected in Seats | Ward Councilors | Reserved Women Councilors | |
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Bangladesh Awami League | A. B. M. Mohiuddin Chowdhury | 55 | 31 / 55 | 20 | 11 | |
Bangladesh Nationalist Party | M. Manjur Alam | 43 | 20 / 55 | 18 | 2 | |
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami | Didn’t Participate | 12 | 2 / 55 | 2 | 0 | |
Socialist Party of Bangladesh | Didn’t Participate | unknown | 1 / 55 | 0 | 1 | |
Independent | unknown | 1 / 55 | 1 | 0 | ||
Total | 55 | 41 | 14 |
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