List of mayors of South Dhaka

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Mayor of South Dhaka
Incumbent
Md. Shahjahan Miah
since 13 February 2025
Dhaka South City Corporation
Style
TypeCouncil Leader
Reports to Dhaka South City Corporation
Seat Nagar Bhaban, Dhaka
AppointerElectorate of South Dhaka
Term length Five years, renewable
Constituting instrument The City Corporation act, 2009
Precursor Mayor of Dhaka
Inaugural holder Sayeed Khokon
Formation1 December 2011;13 years ago (2011-12-01)
Salary245000 (US$2,000)
per month
(incl. allowances)
Website www.dscc.gov.bd

The mayor of South Dhaka is the highest ranking official of the Dhaka South City Corporation. The Mayor's office administers all city services, public property, most public agencies, and enforces all city and state laws within Dhaka south city.

Contents

The Mayor's office is located in Nagar Bhaban; it has jurisdiction over all 75 wards of Dhaka South City.[ citation needed ]

List of officeholders

Political parties
Other factions
Status
No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
ElectionTerm of officePolitical
party
Reference
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
1 Sayeed Khokon.jpg Sayeed Khokon 2015 5 May 201516 May 20205 years, 11 days Bangladesh Awami League [1]
2 Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh.jpg Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh 2020 16 May 202019 August 2024 [2] 4 years, 95 days Bangladesh Awami League [3]
Dr. Ma. Sher Ali
(Administrator)
19 August 202413 February 2025178 days Independent [4]
Md. Shahjahan Miah
(Administrator)
13 February 2025Incumbent5 days Independent

Elections

Election result 2020

Dhaka South Mayoral Election 2020 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes %±%
Bangladesh Awami League Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh 4,24,59560.76New
Bangladesh Nationalist Party Ishraque Hossain2,36,51233.84New
Islami Andolan Bangladesh Abdur Rahman26,5253.79New
Jatiya Party (Ershad) Saifuddin Ahmen Milon5,5930.80New
National People's PartyBahrane Sultan Bahar3,1550.45New
Bangladesh Congress Akhtaruzzaman Alias Ayatullah2,4210.34New
Majority188,083--
Turnout7,11,488--
Total Registered Voters24,53,194-
AL HoldSwing

Election result 2015

Dhaka South Mayoral Election 2015 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes %
Bangladesh Awami League Sayeed Khokon 5,35,29659.12
Bangladesh Nationalist Party Mirza Abbas 2,94,29132.50
Islami Andolan Bangladesh Abdur Rahman14,7841.63
Jatiya Party (Ershad) Mohammed Saifuddin4,5190.50
Invalid40,1304.43
Majority2,41,00526.62
Turnout9,05,48448.40
Total Registered18,70,778
AL Gain (New Seat)

References

  1. "Awami League-backed Sayeed Khokon emulates father, wins Dhaka South City mayor election". bdnews24.com . 29 April 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  2. "Elected representatives of 12 city corporations removed". The Daily Star . 19 August 2024. Archived from the original on 19 August 2024.
  3. ঢাকা দক্ষিণে মেয়রের দায়িত্ব নিলেন তাপস. Bonik Barta (in Bengali). Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  4. "১২ সিটি করপোরেশনে নতুন দায়িত্ব পেলেন যারা". Jugantor. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  5. "Dhaka South City election result". Prothom Alo. 3 February 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  6. "Dhaka South Mayor polls result" (PDF). 29 April 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 May 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2020.