2023 Rajshahi City Corporation election

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2023 Rajshahi City Corporation election
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 201821 June 20232028 
Registered3,51,982
Turnout56.20%
Mayoral election
21 June 2023
 
Nominee A. H. M. Khairuzzaman Liton Murshid Alam
Party AL IAB
Popular vote1,60,29013,483
Percentage81.88%6.89%

Mayor before election

A. H. M. Khairuzzaman Liton
AL

Elected Mayor

A. H. M. Khairuzzaman Liton
AL

Council election
21 June 2023
40 seats in the Rajshahi City Corporation
PartyLeaderSeats+/–
AL A. H. M. Khairuzzaman Liton 31+5
BNP Didn’t Participate6+1
WPB 10
Independent 2−1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

The 2023 Rajshahi City Corporation election was an election in Rajshahi, Bangladesh, that was held on 21 June 2023 to elect the next mayor & councillors of Rajshahi. [1] In this election, Awami League candidate achieved a landslide victory.

Contents

Schedule

The schedule of the election was announced by the Election Commission of Bangladesh on 29 March 2023. [2]

EventDateDay
Date of Notification3 April 2023Monday
Deadline for submission of nomination paper23 May 2023
Date for scrutiny of nominations25 May 2023
Appeal against the nomination paper scrutiny26–28 May 2023
Appeal resolve29–31 May 2023
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures1 June 2023
Symbols distribution2 June 2023
Date of poll & counting21 June 2023Wednesday

Candidates

Mayoral election

A total of 4 candidates were contested for the mayoral post.

NameElection Symbol  Party Ref.
A. H. M. Khairuzzaman Liton Nouka (Boat) Bangladesh Awami League [3] [4]
Murshid AlamHatpakha (Hand fan) Islami Andolon Bangladesh
Saiful IslamLangol (Plough) Jatiya Party (Ershad)
AKM Anowar HossainGolap ful (Rose) Zaker Party

Council election

In Rajshahi, 46 candidates were contested for 10 women-reserved seats and 112 were contested for 30 seats of ward councillors.

Mayoral election results

A. H. M. Khairuzzaman Liton was elected as mayor of the Rajshahi City Corporation by defeating Islami Andolan Bangladesh candidate Murshid Alam. [5] [6] [7]

CandidatePartyVotes%
A. H. M. Khairuzzaman Liton Bangladesh Awami League 160,29081.88
Murshid Alam Islami Andolan Bangladesh 13,4836.89
Latif AnwarZaker Party11,7135.98
Saiful Islam Swapan Jatiya Party (Ershad) 10,2725.25
Total195,758100.00
Valid votes195,75898.96
Invalid/blank votes2,0551.04
Total votes197,813100.00
Registered voters/turnout351,98256.20

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