2020 Dhaka South City Corporation election

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2020 Dhaka South City Corporation election
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  2015 1 February 20202025 
Registered24,53,194
Turnout29.00% (Decrease2.svg 19.4pp)
Mayoral election
1 February 2020
  Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh (02).jpg Ishraque Hossain in 2025.png
Nominee Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh Ishraque Hossain
Party AL BNP
Popular vote4,24,5952,36,512
Percentage60.76%33.84%

Mayor before election

Sayeed Khokon
AL

Elected Mayor

Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh
AL

Council election
1 February 2020
100 seats in the Dhaka South City Corporation
PartyLeaderSeats+/–
AL Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh 81+27
BNP Ishraque Hossain 9+1
BJP Didn’t Participate1+1
Independent 9−5
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

The 2020 mayoral election of Dhaka South City Corporation was held on 1 February 2020. A total of 6 major candidates participated in the election. The result was a victory for the Awami League candidate Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh. [1] Ishraque Hossain of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party received the second highest number of votes. [2] However, on 27 March 2025, the Election Tribunal of Dhaka annulled the election and declared Ishraque Hossain the Mayor. [3]

Contents

It was one of the first major election in Bangladesh conducted entirely using electronic voting machines (EVMs) alongside the 2020 Dhaka North City Corporation election. Previously the country had made only limited use of EVMs. The ruling party, the Awami League supported the adoption of EVMs. Leaders of other parties including the Bangladesh Nationalist Party 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. [4] [5] [6]

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 Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh
Bangladesh Nationalist Party Flag of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.svg Bangladesh Nationalist Party election symbol Black & White.svg Ishraque Hossain

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

Mayoral election results

Election Results [7]
CandidatePartyVotesPercentage+/-
Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh Bangladesh Awami League 424,59560.76New
Ishraque Hossain Bangladesh Nationalist Party 236,51233.84New
Abdur Rahman Islami Andolan Bangladesh 26,5253.79New
Saifuddin Ahmen Milon Jatiya Party (Ershad) 5,5930.80New
Bahrane Sultan BaharNational People's Party3,1550.45New
Akhtaruzzaman Alias Ayatullah Bangladesh Congress 2,4210.34New
Rejected Ballot12,6781.78-
Majority188,08326.91+1.64
Turnout711,48829.00-19.4
Total Registered Voters2,453,194-
AL HoldSwing

Council election results

Party-wise

2020 DSCC council election results (party-wise)
Dhaka South City Council election 2020.svg
PartyLeaderCouncilor contested seatsCouncilor elected in SeatsWard CouncilorsReserved Women Councilors
Bangladesh Awami League Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh 100
81 / 100
6120
Bangladesh Nationalist Party Ishraque Hossain 100
9 / 100
63
Bangladesh Jatiya Party Didn’t Participateunknown
1 / 100
10
Independent unknown
9 / 100
72
Total1007525

References

  1. "The Daily Star's coverage of the 2020 Dhaka City Polls". The Daily Star.
  2. "Atiqul and Taposh elected Dhaka's new guardians". Dhaka Tribune. February 2, 2020.
  3. "Dhaka Court declares Ishraque Hossain mayor of Dhaka South". The Business Standard. 2025-03-27. Retrieved 2025-03-27.
  4. "First major EVM-only polls: Big test for Election Commission". The Daily Star. January 29, 2020.
  5. "Analysis: Debates continue over EVM use in Dhaka city election". Daily Sun.
  6. "Voters keep off". The Daily Star. February 2, 2020.
  7. "Dhaka South City election result". Prothom Alo. 3 February 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2020.