2022 Comilla City Corporation election

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2022 Comilla mayoral election
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 201715 June 2022 2024  
Registered2,29,920
Turnout58.62%
Mayoral election
15 June 2022
 
Nominee Arfanul Haque Rifat Monirul Haque Sakku Mohammad Nizamuddin Kaiser
Party AL Independent Independent
Popular vote50,31049,96729,099
Percentage37.34%37.08%21.60%

Mayor before election

Monirul Haque Sakku
BNP

Elected Mayor

Arfanul Haque Rifat
AL

Council election
15 June 2022
36 seats in the Comilla City Corporation
PartyLeaderSeats+/–
AL Arfanul Haque Rifat 21+6
BNP didn’t contest5−3
Jamaat-e-Islami 2−1
Independent 8−2
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

The 2022 Comilla City Corporation election was an election in Comilla, Bangladesh, held on 15 June 2022 to elect the 3rd Mayor of Comilla.

Mayoral election result

CandidatePartyVotes%
Arfanul Haque Rifat Bangladesh Awami League 50,31037.34
Monirul Haque Sakku Independent49,96737.08
Mohammad Nizamuddin KaiserIndependent29,09921.60
Rashedul Islam Islami Andolan Bangladesh 3,0402.26
Kamrul Ahsan BabulIndependent2,3291.73
Total134,745100.00
Valid votes134,74599.98
Invalid/blank votes310.02
Total votes134,776100.00
Registered voters/turnout229,92058.62

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