2020 Dhaka North City Corporation election

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2020 Dhaka North City Corporation election
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  2019 1 February 20202025 
Registered30,12,509
Turnout25.30 Decrease2.svg 5.75 pp
Mayoral election
1 February 2020
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Nominee Atiqul Islam Tabith Awal
Party AL BNP
Popular vote4,47,2112,64,161
Percentage58.67%34.66%

Mayor before election

Atiqul Islam
AL

Elected Mayor

Atiqul Islam
AL

Council election
1 February 2020
72 seats in the Dhaka North City Corporation
PartyLeaderSeats+/–
AL Atiqul Islam 62+30
BNP Tabith Awal 20
JP(E) 10
Independent 7−6
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

The 2020 mayoral election of Dhaka North City Corporation was held on 1 February 2020. A total of 6 candidates participated in the election. The result was a victory for the Awami League candidate Atiqul Islam. However, the results were rejected by the main opposition candidate, Tabith Awal of Bangladesh Nationalist Party. [1]

Contents

It was the first major election in Bangladesh conducted entirely using electronic voting machines (EVMs) alongside the 2020 Dhaka South City Corporation election. Previously the country had made only limited use of EVMs. The ruling Awami League supported the adoption of EVMs. BNP and Communist Party of Bangladesh leaders said they feared the machines would be used for vote rigging. One concern expressed was that the machines do not have a voter-verified paper audit trail. [2] [3]

Candidates

The election was mainly contested between candidates of the two major political parties in Bangladesh:

List of mayoral candidates
PartyFlagSymbolCandidates
Bangladesh Awami League baaNlaadesh aaoy'aamii liiger ptaakaa.svg baaNlaadesh aaoy'aamii liiger prtiik.svg Atiqul Islam
Bangladesh Nationalist Party Flag of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.svg Bangladesh Nationalist Party election symbol Black & White.svg Tabith Awal

Other minor candidates from smaller parties and independent candidates also participated.

Mayoral election results

Election results [4]
CandidatePartyVotesPercentage+/-
Atiqul Islam Bangladesh Awami League 4,47,21158.67-30.83
Tabith Awal Bangladesh Nationalist Party 2,64,16134.66New
Sheikh Fazle Bari Masoud Islami Andolan Bangladesh 28,2003.701.64
Ahammed Sajedul Communist Party of Bangladesh 15,1221.98New
Shahin KhanNational People's Party3,8530.51-0.44
Anisur Rahman Dewan Progressive Democratic Party 2,1110.28-0.64
Rejected ballots1,5300.20-1.79
Majority1,83,05024.02-59.42
Turnout7,62,18825.30-5.75
Total registered voters30,12,509Decrease2.svg 0.76
AL holdSwing-32.745

Council election results

Party-wise

2020 DNCC council election results (party-wise)
Dhaka North City Council 2020.svg
PartyLeaderCouncilor contested seatsCouncilor elected in SeatsWard CouncilorsReserved Women Councilors
Bangladesh Awami League Atiqul Islam 72
62 / 72
4418
Bangladesh Nationalist Party Tabith Awal 72
2 / 72
20
Jatiya Party (Ershad) Didn’t Participateunknown
1 / 72
10
Independent unknown
7 / 72
70
Total725418

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References

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