Local elections in Bangladesh from 2024 to 2029 includes elections to the city corporation, district chairmen election, sub-district chairmen election and union council elections in several municipalities and local bodies.
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| Date | City Corporation | Mayor before election | Party before election | Elected Mayor | Party after election | Council after election | Ref. | ||
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| 9 March 2024 | Mymensingh | Ekramul Haque Titu | Bangladesh Awami League | Ekramul Haque Titu | Bangladesh Awami League | AL 39 / 44 4 / 44 JSD 1 / 44 | [1] | ||
| 9 March 2024 | Comilla | Arfanul Haque Rifat | Tahseen Bahar Shuchona | AL 21 / 36 5 / 36 Jamaat 2 / 36 8 / 36 | [2] | ||||
The subdistrict council elections will be held in 5 phases. Four of them took place in 2024. The 5th phase of the local government election will be held in January 2025. [3]
| Party | Party Leader | Chairmen contested seats | Chairmen elected in Seats | +/- | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Awami League | Sheikh Hasina | 492 | 407 / 495 |  87 | [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] | |
| Jatiya Party (Ershad) | GM Quader | 36 | 7 / 495 | 4 | ||
| Bangladesh Nationalist Party (expelled members) | Khaleda Zia | 73 (expelled members) | 20 / 495 | 20 | ||
| Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal | Hasanul Haq Inu | 3 | 1 / 495 | 1 | ||
| Jatiya Party (Manju) | Anwar Hossain Manju | 1 | 1 / 495 |  0 | ||
| Krishak Sramik Janata League | Abdul Kader Siddique | 1 | 1 / 495 | 1 | ||
| Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti (regional) | Jyotirindra Bodhipriya Larma | 35 | 4 / 495 | 4 | ||
| United People's Democratic Front (regional) | Prasit Bikash Khisa | 26 | 5 / 495 | 5 | ||
| Independents | No Information | 21 / 495 |  125 | |||
The first phase of sub-district elections was held on 8 May 2024. Chairmen competition was between of 139 seats. [12] A low voter turnout of 36% was seen in election. [13]
| Party | Party Leader | Chairmen elected in Seats | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Awami League | Sheikh Hasina | 119 / 139 | [14] | |
| Jatiya Party (Ershad) | GM Quader | 2 / 139 | ||
| Bangladesh Nationalist Party (expelled members) | Khaleda Zia | 8 / 139 | ||
| Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti (regional) | Jyotirindra Bodhipriya Larma | 2 / 139 | ||
| Independents | 8 / 139 | |||
The second phase of sub-district elections was held on 21 May 2024. Chairmen competition was between of 156 seats. [12] A low voter turnout of 37.67% was seen in election. [15]
| Party | Party Leader | Chairmen elected in Seats | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Awami League | Sheikh Hasina | 139 / 156 | [16] | |
| Jatiya Party (Ershad) | GM Quader | 1 / 156 | ||
| Bangladesh Nationalist Party (expelled members) | Khaleda Zia | 7 / 156 | ||
| Jatiya Party (Manju) | Anwar Hossain Manju | 1 / 156 | ||
| Krishak Sramik Janata League | Abdul Kader Siddique | 1 / 156 | ||
| Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti (regional) | Jyotirindra Bodhipriya Larma | 1 / 156 | ||
| United People's Democratic Front (regional) | Prasit Bikash Khisa | 1 / 156 | ||
| Independents | 5 / 156 | |||
The third phase of sub-district elections was held on 23 May 2024. Chairmen competition was between of 112 seats [12] A low voter turnout of 35% was seen in election. [17]
| Party | Party Leader | Chairmen elected in Seats | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Awami League | Sheikh Hasina | 98 / 112 | [18] [19] [20] | |
| Jatiya Party (Ershad) | GM Quader | 4 / 112 | ||
| Bangladesh Nationalist Party (expelled members) | Khaleda Zia | 2 / 112 | ||
| Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal | Hasanul Haq Inu | 1 / 112 | ||
| Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti (regional) | Jyotirindra Bodhipriya Larma | 1 / 112 | ||
| United People's Democratic Front (regional) | Prasit Bikash Khisa | 4 / 112 | ||
| Independents | 2 / 112 | |||
The forth phase of sub-district elections was held on 5 June 2024. Chairmen competition was between of 60 seats [12] A low voter turnout of 34.33% was seen in election. [21]
| Party | Party Leader | Chairmen elected in Seats | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Awami League | Sheikh Hasina | 51 / 60 | [22] | |
| Bangladesh Nationalist Party (expelled members) | Khaleda Zia | 3 / 60 | ||
| Independents | 6 / 60 | |||
BNP and its like minded parties boycotted the sub-district elections saying that they will not go in election under a autocracy government. [23] However, despite the boycott some party members from BNP contested in election. In result BNP expelled 73 members who were participating in the election. [11] Other party like Jatiya Party (Ershad) and Awami League allied parties also showed no interest in participating in the election. Leading the sub-district election be a more of a competition between Awami League candidates. [24]
Many top Awami League ministers and party lawmakers was accused of nepotism for announcing the names of their close relatives as chairman candidates for the upazila polls. [25] Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader concerned over nepotism among AL candidates. [26] Many AL ministers was accused of threatening their opposition candidates or the people of sub-district. [27]
Many candidates supporters had clash with each other in the name of vote rigging. [28] Several people were injured and some were considered dead during the brutal violence. [29] [30] Most of those violence was accused of done by Awami League candidates in the fear of losing. [31]
The sub-district election saw the lowest vote turnout in last 16 years. [32] Around all phases was having a turnout of 30-40%. 2nd phase of sub-district had the most vote turnout of only 37.67%. [15] According to the Chief Election Commissioner, the vote turnout is low due to a "lack of widespread political participation". [33]