2023 Barishal City Corporation election

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2023 Barishal City Corporation election
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  2018 12 June 20232028 
Registered276,298
Turnout51.46%
Mayoral election
  Abul Khair Abdullah.png Faizul Karim (2020).jpg
Nominee Abul Khair Abdullah Syed Faizul Karim
Party AL IAB
Popular vote87,75234,345
Percentage62.99%24.62%

Mayor before election

Serniabat Sadiq Abdullah
AL

Elected Mayor

Abul Khair Abdullah
AL

Council election
40 seats in the Barisal City Corporation
PartyLeaderSeats+/–
AL Abul Khair Abdullah 29+22
BNP Didn't contest9+5
Jamaat-e-Islami 1+1
JP(E) 0−1
Independent 1−7
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

The 2023 Barishal City Corporation election was an election in Barisal, Bangladesh, held on 12 June 2023 to elect the next mayor & councillors of Barisal. [1] A total of 276,298 people cast their votes in 894 rooms of 126 polling stations in Barishal City Corporation election.

Contents

Background

City corporations, or city councils, are the highest tier among the local councils of Bangladesh—usually composed of cities or metropolitan areas. Elections are held every five years to elect the mayors and ward councilors. Wards are moreover divided administrative parts of a city, and the number of wards in a city depends on the total administrative area. Ward councilors are elected for each ward by their ward residents. For every 3 wards, there is a reserved seat for women in the general council, they are also elected by the people. But the mayoral elections has been way more politically important and prioritized by both voters and political analysts.

The Barishal City Corporation (BCC) is one of the 12 City Corporations in Bangladesh. It comprises the metropolitan Barisal. It is further divided into 30 wards. The body was known as Barisal Municipality previously, until it obtained the city corporation status by a ministry of local government declaration on 25 July 2002. [2]

Previous election

In the last election, Serniabat Sadiq Abdullah was elected as mayor of the Barisal City Corporation in 2018 city election. [3] The election was boycotted by the candidates of Communist Party of Bangladesh and Islami Andolon Bangladesh who alleged vote rigging. [4]

Schedule

The schedule of the election was announced by the Election Commission of Bangladesh on 29 March 2023. [5]

EventDateDay
Date of notification3 April 2023Monday
Deadline for submission of nomination paper16 May 2023Tuesday
Date for scrutiny of nominations18 May 2023Thursday
Appeal against the nomination paper scrutiny19–21 May 2023
Appeal resolve22–24 May 2023
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures25 May 2023Thursday
Symbols distribution26 May 2023Friday
Date of poll & counting12 June 2023Monday

Candidates

Mayoral election

A total of 7 candidates were contested for the mayoral post.

NameElection Symbol  Party Ref.
Abul Khair Abdullah Nouka (Boat) Bangladesh Awami League [6] [7]
Syed Faizul Karim Hatpakha (Hand fan) Islami Andolon Bangladesh
Iqbal Hossain TaposhLangol (Plough) Jatiya Party (Ershad)
Mizanur Rahman BachchuGolap ful (Rose) Zaker Party
Kamrul AhsanGhori (Clock) Independent
AsaduzzamanHati (Elephant) Independent
Ali HossainHorin (Deer) Independent

Council election

Total of 116 and 42 were contested for 30 general and 10 reserved (women) seats in the city council, respectively. Symbols have been distributed to 115 out of 116 vying for the posts of councillors of 30 wards. As there is one candidate in ward-7, no symbol has been allotted. [8]

Incidents

Election boycott

In a press conference on 26 April 2023, BaSad leader Manisha Chakraborty boycotted the upcoming city election. [9]

Violence

Islami Andolan Bangladesh brought out a march by its followers with sticks and rods, which was widely criticized on social media. [10]

Islami Andolan candidate Syed Faizul Karim alleged that some 30–40 boat symbol supporters attacked them with sticks near Hatim Ali College after they left Sabera Khatun Girls' Secondary School polling centre. [11]

In a press briefing at the Nirbachan Bhaban on election day afternoon, Election Commissioner Ahsan Habib Khan assured that orders have already been issued to apprehend those involved in the assault on Faizul. [12] [13]

Results

Mayoral election

Abul Khair Abdullah was elected as mayor of the Barishal City Corporation by defeating Islami Andolan candidate Syed Faizul Karim. [14] [15] [16]

CandidatePartyVotes%
Abul Khair Abdullah Bangladesh Awami League 87,75262.99
Syed Faizul Karim Islami Andolan Bangladesh 34,34524.65
Kamrul AhsanIndependent7,9995.74
Iqbal Hossain Taposh Jatiya Party (Ershad) 6,6654.78
Mizanur Rahman Bachchu Zaker Party 2,5461.83
Total139,307100.00
Valid votes139,30797.98
Invalid/blank votes2,8702.02
Total votes142,177100.00
Registered voters/turnout276,29851.46
Source: [17]

Council election Results

Party-wise

2023 BCC council election results (party-wise)
Barishal City Council election 2023.svg
PartySeats
Ward CouncilorsReserved Women CouncilorsTotal Councilors
Bangladesh Awami League 21829
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami 11
Independent 8210
Total301040

Aftermath

Islami Andolan Bangladesh has rejected the results of Barishal and Khulna City Corporation elections over alleged irregularities and assault on a candidate. They also boycotted the upcoming city elections in Rajshahi and Sylhet. [18] [19] [20] [21]

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir criticizes attack on Islami Andolan candidate Syed Faizul Karim during elections and said it has been proved once again that credible elections are never possible under the current illegal government. Fakhrul strongly denounced the incident and blamed the ruling party cadres for it. [22]

In a press briefing, Jatiya Party candidate Iqbal Hossain Taposh commented that BNP's decision to boycott election was right and also condemned the attack on the mayoral candidate of the Islami Andolan and demanded speedy justice. [23]

Inauguration

See also

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