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The 2017 election for mayor of Rangpur City Corporation was held on 21 December 2017. Rangpur is a city in Bangladesh. The result was a victory for the Jatiya Party candidate Mostafizar Rahman Mostafa. [1] [2]
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The 2017 election for mayor of Rangpur City Corporation was held on 21 December 2017. Rangpur is a city in Bangladesh. The result was a victory for the Jatiya Party candidate Mostafizar Rahman Mostafa. [1] [2]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| JP(E) | Mostafizur Rahman Mostafa | 159,824 | 55.01% | — | |
| AL | Sharfuddin Ahmed Jhantu | 61,557 | 21.19% | — | |
| BNP | Kawsar Zaman Babla | 34,791 | 11.97% | — | |
| IAB | A. T. M. Golam Mostafa Babu | 23,718 | 8.17% | — | |
| Independent | Hossain Maqbul Shahriar Asif | 2,306 | 0.79% | New | |
| BSD | Abdul Quddus | 1,245 | 0.43% | — | |
| National People's Party (Bangladesh) | Md. Selim Akhter | 807 | 0.28% | New | |
| Rejected ballots | 6,273 | 2.16% | |||
| Majority | 98,267 | 33.82% | |||
| Turnout | 290,521 | 74.23% | |||
| Registered electors | 391,366 | ||||
| JP(E) hold | |||||
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