2015 Dhaka North City Corporation election

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2015 Dhaka North City Corporation election
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30 April 2015 2019  
Mayoral election
  DNCC mayor Annisul huq.JPG Tabith Awal in 2020.jpg
Nominee Annisul Huq Tabith Awal
Party AL BNP
Popular vote4,60,1173,25,080
Percentage52.6%37.16%

Mayor before election

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Elected Mayor

Annisul Huq
AL

Council election
30 April 2015
48 seats in the Dhaka North City Corporation
PartyLeaderSeats+/–
AL Annisul Huq 32+32
BNP Tabith Awal 2+2
JP(E) Bahauddin Ahmed1+1
Independent 13+13
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

The 2015 election for mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation was held on 30 April 2015. A total of 16 candidates participated in the election. The result was a victory for the Awami League candidate Annisul Huq, who received a 135,037-vote majority. However, the results were rejected by main opposition candidate, Tabith Awal of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. [1] The candidates got neutral symbol on this election.

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Candidates

CandidatePartySymbol
Annisul Huq Awami League Table clock
Tabith Awal Bangladesh Nationalist Party Bus
Bahauddin Ahmed Sarkar Jatiya Party Elephant

Mayoral election results

CandidatePartyVotes%
Annisul Huq Awami League 460,11752.61
Tabith Awal Bangladesh Nationalist Party 325,08037.17
Fazle Bari Masoud Islami Andolan Bangladesh 18,0502.06
Mahi B. Chowdhury Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh 13,4071.53
Zonayed Saki Ganosanhati Andolan 7,3700.84
Bahauddin Ahmed Jatiya Party (Ershad) 2,9500.34
Abdullah Al Kafi Communist Party of Bangladesh 2,4750.28
Nader Chowdhury Jatiyo Samajtantrik Dal 1,4120.16
8 other candidates10,1391.16
Rejected ballots33,5813.84
Majority135,03715.44
Turnout874,58137.30
Registered voters2,344,900
AL gain (new seat)
Source: BDN News 24 [2]

Council election results

Party-wise

2015 DNCC council election results (party-wise)
Dhaka North City Council 2015.svg
PartyLeaderCouncilor contested seatsCouncilor elected in SeatsWard CouncilorsReserved Women Councilors
Bangladesh Awami League Annisul Huq 48
32 / 48
2111
Bangladesh Nationalist Party Tabith Awal 48
2 / 48
20
Jatiya Party (Ershad) Bahauddin Ahmedunknown
1 / 48
10
Independent unknown
13 / 48
121
Total483612

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References

  1. "Annisul declared DNCC mayor | banglanews24.com". banglanews24.com. 2015-04-28. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
  2. "DNCC Mayor Election Results" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 May 2015.