2015 Chattogram City Corporation election

2015 Chattogram City Corporation election

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Registered	18,13,449
Turnout	47.90%(6.61pp)
First party Second party   Candidate A J M Nasir Uddin M. Manjur Alam Party AL BNP Popular vote 4,75,361 3,04,837 Percentage 57.87% 37.11% Swing 14.47% 17.09%
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
Party Leader Seats +/– AL A. J. M. Nasir Uddin 46 +14 BNP M. Manjur Alam 7 −13 JI Didn’t Participate 2 0 BSD Didn’t Participate 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]}

Mayoral election results

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	A. J. M. Nasir Uddin	Bangladesh Awami League	475,361	57.87
	M. Manjur Alam	Bangladesh Nationalist Party	304,837	37.11
	M A Matin	Bangladesh Islami Front	11,655	1.42
	Wazez Hossain Bhuyia	Islami Andolan Bangladesh	9,668	1.18
	Solayman Alam Sheth	Jatiya Party (Ershad)	6,131	0.75
	Mohammed Mujibul Hoque	Independent	4,215	0.51
	Saifuddin Ahmed	Independent	2,661	0.32
	Alauddin Chowdhury	Independent	2,159	0.26
	Arif Moinuddin	Independent	1,774	0.22
	Abul Kalam Azad	Independent	1,385	0.17
	Sazzad Zoha	Independent	845	0.10
	Safiul Alam	Independent	680	0.08
Total			821,371	100.00
Valid votes			821,371	94.56
Invalid/blank votes			47,292	5.44
Total votes			868,663	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,813,449	47.90
Source: BD News 24

Council election results

Party-wise

2015 CCC council election results (party-wise)

Party		Leader	Councilor contested seats	Councilor elected in Seats	Ward Councilors	Reserved Women Councilors
	Bangladesh Awami League	A. J. M. Nasir Uddin	55	46 / 55	35	11
	Bangladesh Nationalist Party	M. Manjur Alam	43	7 / 55	5	2
	Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami	Didn’t Participate	12	2 / 55	1	1
Total				55	41	14

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.