2015 Chattogram City Corporation election

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2015 Chattogram City Corporation election
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  2010 30 April 2015 2021  
Registered18,13,449
Turnout47.90%(Decrease2.svg6.61pp)
Mayoral election
27 January 2021
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Nominee A. J. M. Nasir Uddin M. Manjur Alam
Party AL BNP
Popular vote4,75,3613,04,837
Percentage57.87%37.11%

Mayor before election

M. Manjur Alam
BNP

Elected Mayor

A. J. M. Nasir Uddin
AL

Council election
30 April 2015
55 seats in the Chattogram City Corporation
PartyLeaderSeats+/–
AL A. J. M. Nasir Uddin 46+14
BNP M. Manjur Alam 7−13
Jamaat-e-Islami 20
BSD 0−1
Independent 0−1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

The 2015 Chattogram City Corporation election was held on 30 April 2015. A total of 12 candidates ran for mayor. The result was a victory for the Awami League candidate A J M Nasir Uddin. However, the results were rejected by main opposition candidate, Mohammad Manjur Alam of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. [1] [2]

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Mayoral election results

CandidatePartyVotes%
A. J. M. Nasir Uddin Bangladesh Awami League 475,36157.87
M. Manjur Alam Bangladesh Nationalist Party 304,83737.11
M A Matin Bangladesh Islami Front 11,6551.42
Wazez Hossain Bhuyia Islami Andolan Bangladesh 9,6681.18
Solayman Alam Sheth Jatiya Party (Ershad) 6,1310.75
Mohammed Mujibul HoqueIndependent4,2150.51
Saifuddin AhmedIndependent2,6610.32
Alauddin ChowdhuryIndependent2,1590.26
Arif MoinuddinIndependent1,7740.22
Abul Kalam AzadIndependent1,3850.17
Sazzad ZohaIndependent8450.10
Safiul AlamIndependent6800.08
Total821,371100.00
Valid votes821,37194.56
Invalid/blank votes47,2925.44
Total votes868,663100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,813,44947.90
Source: BD News 24

Council election results

Party-wise

2015 CCC council election results (party-wise)
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PartySeats
Ward CouncilorsReserved Women CouncilorsTotal Councilors
Bangladesh Awami League 351146
Bangladesh Nationalist Party 527
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami 112
Total411455

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References

  1. "AL-backed AJM Nasir Uddin leads in Chittagong City Corporation mayoral polls". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  2. "Nasir takes over as CCC mayor". NTVBD. Retrieved 27 October 2015.