2022 Rangpur City Corporation election

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2022 Rangpur City Corporation election
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Registered426,470
Turnout65.88% (Decrease2.svg8.35pp)
Mayoral election
27 December 2022
 
Nominee Mostafizar Rahman Mostafa Md. Amiruzzaman
Party JP(E) IAB
Popular vote146,79849,892
Percentage52.44%17.82%
 
NomineeLatifur Rahman Milon Hosne Ara Lutfa Dalia
Party Independent [a] AL
Popular vote33,88322,309
Percentage12.10%7.97%
Mayor before election

Mostafizar Rahman Mostafa
JP(E)

Elected Mayor

Mostafizar Rahman Mostafa
JP(E)

Council election
27 December 2022
44 seats in the Rangpur City Corporation [b]
15 January 2023 (Re-election in 1 seat)
PartyLeaderSeats+/–
AL Hosne Ara Lutfa Dalia 14−1
JP(E) Mostafizar Rahman Mostafa 9+2
BNP Didn't contest2−4
BSD —1+1
Independent —18+13
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

The 2022 Rangpur City Corporation election was a Bangladeshi local governmental election held on 27 December 2022. The City Corporation elections are held every five years, and this was the third of its kind in Rangpur. The mayor and 44 councilors of the corporation were elected in this election. A total of 9 candidates contested in the mayoral election, and other 246 contesting for general councils and reserved (women) seats. [1] [2] Jatiya Party's Mostafizar Rahman Mostafa held the mayoral post by winning in a huge margin with ruling Awami League's candidate landing as fourth.

Contents

Prior to the election, Rangpur was the only city held by the Jatiya Party (Ershad), [3] the main opposition party in the Jatiya Sangsad. [4] It was also one of the two city corporations which was held by other parties except Awami League. According to political analysts, the elections held significance for the Awami League-government and the newly formed Election Commission under Kazi Habibul Awwal- because election commissions under the government is accused by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) of being a 'puppet commission' of the government to turn Bangladesh into a de facto one-party state under Awami League. [5] [6] [ better source needed ] As Cumilla City Corporation's mayoral post was lost by Bangladesh Nationalist Party to Awami League in an election in June same year, the accusations rose. [7] [c]

Background

City Corporations or City Councils are the highest tier among the local councils of Bangladesh— usually composed of cities or metropolitan areas.[ citation needed ] Elections are held every five years to elect the mayors and ward councilors. Cities are divided into wards. A councilor is elected for each ward by the ward residents. For every three wards, another council seat is reserved for a woman, and is filled by the votes of the residents of those wards. [8]

The Rangpur City Corporation (RpCC) is one of the 12 City Corporations in Bangladesh. It comprises the metropolitan Rangpur. It is further divided into 33 wards. The corporation in Rangpur was founded in 2012 and the first election was held the same year, electing Sharfuddin Ahmed Jhantu as the first mayor.

Politically, the Rangpur region is considered a 'bastion' of Jatiya Party, with also consisting a large number Awami League supporters. In the past two elections, first was won by an Awami League candidate who was a past member of Jatiya Party and the last was won by a Jatiya Party candidate. [9]

Candidacy

Mayoral election

NameElection symbol  Party References
Mostafizur Rahman Mostafa

Langol(Wooden hand-plough)

 Jatiya Party (Ershad) [2]
Hosne Ara Lutfa Dalia Nouka (Boat) Bangladesh Awami League
Md AmiruzzamanHatpakha (Hand fan) Islami Andolon Bangladesh
Abu RayhanDab (Green coconut) Bangladesh Congress
Safiur RahmanMoshal(Torch) Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal
Touhidur Rahman MondolDeyalghori (Wall clock) Khelafat Majlish
Khorshed AlamLal golap (Red rose)Zaker Party
Mehedi Hasan BonyHorin (Deer) Independent
Latifur Rahman Milon Indian Election Symbol Elephant.png Hati(Elephant) Independent

Results

Mayoral election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Mostafizar Rahman Mostafa Jatiya Party (Ershad) 146,79852.44
Amiruzzaman Hossain Islami Andolan Bangladesh 49,89217.82
Latifur Rahman MilonIndependent33,88312.10
Hosne Ara Lutfa Dalia Bangladesh Awami League 22,3097.97
Abu Raihan Bangladesh Congress 10,5493.77
Khorshed Alam Zaker Party 5,8092.08
Shafiar Rahman Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal 5,1561.84
Tauhidur Rahman Mondal Khelafat Majlish 2,8641.02
Mehedi Hasan BonyIndependent2,6790.96
Total279,939100.00
Valid votes279,93999.63
Invalid/blank votes1,0360.37
Total votes280,975100.00
Registered voters/turnout426,47065.88

Council election results

Party-wise

2022 RpCC council election results (party-wise) [10]
Rangpur City Council 2022.svg
PartySeats
Ward CouncilorsReserved Women CouncilorsTotal Councilors
Bangladesh Awami League 14—14
Jatiya Party-JaPa (Ershad) 639
Bangladesh Nationalist Party 2—2
Socialist Party of Bangladesh-BaSaD 1—1
Independent(s) [d] 10818
Total331144

Ward-wise

List of winner councilors of 2022 RpCC election [10]
Council seatWinner partyWinner candidate
Ward Councilor 01JaPa (E)Rafiqul Islam
Ward Councilor 02ALGhulam Sarwar Mirza
Ward Councilor 03JaPa (E)Aseq Ali
Ward Councilor 04ALHaradhan Chandra Roy
Ward Councilor 05IndependentMukhlesur Rahman
Ward Councilor 06IndependentAbu Hasan Chanchal
Ward Councilor 07IndependentAnwarul Islam
Ward Councilor 08IndependentAfsar Ali
Ward Councilor 09IndependentNazrul Islam Dewani
Ward Councilor 10IndependentKamruzzaman
Ward Councilor 11IndependentWazedul Arefin
Ward Councilor 12IndependentMaqbul Hossain [e]
Ward Councilor 13ALFazle Ilahi
Ward Councilor 14BaSaDMamdel Hossain Sarker
Ward Councilor 15ALZakaria Alam
Ward Councilor 16ALAminur Rahman
Ward Councilor 17ALAbdul Ghaffar
Ward Councilor 18IndependentMasud Rana
Ward Councilor 19JaPa (E)Mahmudur Rahman
Ward Councilor 20ALTauhidul Islam
Ward Councilor 21JaPa (E)Mahabubar Rahman
Ward Councilor 22ALMizanur Rahman
Ward Councilor 23IndependentLiton Parvez [e]
Ward Councilor 24ALRafiqul Islam
Ward Councilor 25IndependentNurunnabi Fulu
Ward Councilor 26ALShahzada Arman
Ward Councilor 27IndependentRezwar Al Mehedi
Ward Councilor 28ALShahadat Hossain
Ward Councilor 29ALHarun Ur Rashid
Ward Councilor 30ALJahangir Alam
Ward Councilor 31JaPa (E)Samsul Haque
Ward Councilor 32ALShahadat Hussein
Ward Councilor 33JaPa (E)Minazul Islam
Reserved Women Councilor-1IndependentDilara Begum
Reserved Women Councilor-2IndependentSultana Parveen
Reserved Women Councilor-3JaPa (E)Muslemah Begum
Reserved Women Councilor-4IndependentShamima Akhter
Reserved Women Councilor-5IndependentMoslema Begum
Reserved Women Councilor-6IndependentZahida Anwari
Reserved Women Councilor-7JaPa (E)Ferdousi Begum
Reserved Women Councilor-8JaPa (E)Hasna Banu
Reserved Women Councilor-9IndependentManoara Sultana
Reserved Women Councilor-10IndependentShazmin Nahar Sheuly
Reserved Women Councilor-11IndependentJharna Khatun

Notes

  1. ↑ Awami League 'rebel candidate', sought nomination as independent candidate after not receiving party nomination.
  2. ↑ Of the total 44 seats, one was won uncontested.
  3. ↑ Although many experts believed that the incumbent BNP-loyalist candidate lost because of grouping in the party and other 'party rebel' candidates.
  4. ↑ Includes BNP members who contested in elections disobeying party decisions.
  5. 1 2 BNP-affiliated politician, ran as independent.

References

  1. ↑ "CEC: Rangpur city polls will be free, fair". Dhaka Tribune . 13 December 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Candidates in Rangpur city polls given election symbols". New Age . 9 December 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  3. ↑ Karmaker, Kongkon (1 December 2022). "Rangpur city polls: JP relieved, AL troubled over rebels". The Daily Star . Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  4. ↑ Badal, Liakat Ali (26 October 2022). "GM Quader cements power as Rangpur JaPa boycotts Ranga". Dhaka Tribune . Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  5. ↑ "BNP calls upon JaPa MPs to resign". JagoNews24 . 10 December 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  6. ↑ "BNP terms EC govt puppet". The New Nation. 19 December 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  7. ↑ কুমিল্লার নির্বাচনের 'ফলাফল বিতর্ক' নিয়ে যা বলল নির্বাচন কমিশন [What the Election Commission said about the 'result controversy' in the Comilla election]. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 19 June 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  8. ↑ Panday, Pranab Kumar (2017). Reforming urban governance in Bangladesh: the city corporation. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 40, 42. ISBN   978-3-319-49597-2.
  9. ↑ Molla, Mohammad Al-Masum; Karmaker, Kongkon (22 December 2017). "JP wins big in bastion". The Daily Star . Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  10. 1 2 Islam, Shipul (28 December 2022). মেয়রে ডুবলেও কাউন্সিলরে মুখরক্ষা আ. লীগের [A. League saves face in councilors as it sinks in mayoral election]. Ajker Patrika (in Bengali). Retrieved 19 April 2023.
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