2023 Gazipur City Corporation election

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2023 Gazipur City Corporation election
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  2018 25 May 20232028 
Registered11,79,486
Turnout48.75%(Decrease2.svg 8.3pp)
Mayoral election
25 May 2023
 
Nominee Jayeda Khatun Azmat Ullah Khan
Party Independent AL
Popular vote2,38,9342,22,736
Percentage41.68%38.85%

Mayor before election

Asadur Rahman Kiron
AL

Elected Mayor

Jayeda Khatun
Independent

Council election
25 May 2023
76 seats in the Gazipur City Corporation
PartyLeaderSeats+/–
AL Azmat Ullah Khan61+13
BNP Didn't contest15−4
JP(E) Niaz Uddin0−2
WPB 0−1
Independent 0−6
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

The 2023 Gazipur City Corporation election is a Bangladeshi local governmental election being held on 25 May 2023. The City Corporation elections are held every five years, and this was the third of its kind in Gazipur. A total of 8 candidates contested for the mayoral post, and 246 and 79 contesting for 57 general and 19 reserved (women) seats in the city council, respectively. [1]

Contents

Candidates

Mayoral election

CandidateElection symbol  Party Ref.
Azmat Ullah KhanNouka (Boat) Awami League [2] [3]
Gazi Ataur RahmanHatpakha (Hand fan) Islami Andolon Bangladesh
MM Niaz UddinLangol (Plough) Jatiya Party (Ershad)
Atiqul IslamMachh (Fish) Gano Front
Raju AhmedGolap ful (Rose) Zaker Party
Jayeda Khatun Tebil ghori (Table clock) Independent
Sarkar Shah Nur IslamHati (Elephant) Independent
Harun-or-RashidGhora (Horse) Independent

Schedule

Election schedule [4]
3 AprilDate of notification
27 AprilDeadline for filling nomination
30 AprilScrutiny
2–4 MayPeriod of appeal against scrutiny
5–7 MayAppeal resolve
8 MayWithdrawal deadline
9 MaySymbol distribution
9–23 MayPeriod of official campaign
25 MayElection & counting

Mayoral election results

Jayeda Khatun was elected as mayor of the Gazipur City Corporation by defeating Awami League candidate Azmat Ullah Khan. [5] [6] [7]

CandidatePartyVotes%
Jayeda Khatun Independent238,93441.68
Azmat Ullah Khan Bangladesh Awami League 222,73638.85
Gazi Ataur Rahman Islami Andolan Bangladesh 45,3527.91
Sarkar Shah Nur IslamIndependent23,2654.06
Atiqul Islam Gano Front 16,9742.96
MM Niaz Uddin Jatiya Party (Ershad) 16,3822.86
Raju Ahmed Zaker Party 7,2061.26
Harun-or-RashidIndependent2,4260.42
Total573,275100.00
Valid votes573,27599.69
Invalid/blank votes1,7750.31
Total votes575,050100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,179,48648.75

Council election results

Party-wise

2023 GCC council election results (party-wise)
Gazipur City Council election 2023.svg
PartySeats
Ward CouncilorsReserved Women CouncilorsTotal Councilors
Bangladesh Awami League 441761
Bangladesh Nationalist Party 13215
Total571976

See also

Notes

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