List of mayors of South Dhaka

Mayor of South Dhaka
Incumbent Md. Shahjahan Miah (Administrator) since 13 February 2025
Dhaka South City Corporation
Style	Honorable (formal)
Type	Council Leader
Member of	Dhaka South City Corporation
Seat	Nagar Bhaban, Dhaka
Appointer	Electorate of South Dhaka
Term length	Five years, renewable
Constituting instrument	The City Corporation act, 2009
Precursor	Mayor of Dhaka
Inaugural holder	Sayeed Khokon
Formation	1 December 2011;14 years ago (2011-12-01)
Salary	৳245000 (US$2,000) per month (incl. allowances)
Website	www.dscc.gov.bd

The Mayor of South Dhaka is the chief elected executive of the Dhaka South City Corporation. The Mayor’s office oversees civic services, manages public properties, and coordinates the functions of various government agencies in the southern part of Dhaka. In addition, the Mayor is responsible for enforcing city corporation regulations and state laws, thereby ensuring good governance and the development of the city.

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

•    Bangladesh Awami League

Other factions

•    Independent

Status

•   Acting Mayor and Administrator

No.	Portrait		Officeholder (birth–death)	Election	Term of office			Designation	Political party	Reference
					From	To	Period
1			Sayeed Khokon	2015	5 May 2015	16 May 2020	5 years, 11 days	Mayor	Bangladesh Awami League	[1]
2			Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh	2020	16 May 2020	19 August 2024 [2]	4 years, 95 days	Mayor	Bangladesh Awami League	[3]
–			Dr. Ma. Sher Ali	–	19 August 2024	13 February 2025	178 days	Administrator	Independent	[4]
–			Md. Shahjahan Miah	–	13 February 2025	Incumbent	307 days	Administrator	Independent

Elections

Election result 2020

Main article: 2020 Dhaka South City Corporation election

Dhaka South Mayoral Election 2020 [5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Bangladesh Awami League	Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh	4,24,595	60.76	New
	Bangladesh Nationalist Party	Ishraque Hossain	2,36,512	33.84	New
	Islami Andolan Bangladesh	Abdur Rahman	26,525	3.79	New
	Jatiya Party (Ershad)	Saifuddin Ahmen Milon	5,593	0.80	New
	National People's Party	Bahrane Sultan Bahar	3,155	0.45	New
	Bangladesh Congress	Akhtaruzzaman Alias Ayatullah	2,421	0.34	New
Majority			188,083	-	-
Turnout			7,11,488	-	-
Total Registered Voters			24,53,194	-
	AL Hold		Swing

Election result 2015

Main article: 2015 Dhaka South City Corporation Election

Dhaka South Mayoral Election 2015 [6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Bangladesh Awami League	Sayeed Khokon	5,35,296	59.12
	Bangladesh Nationalist Party	Mirza Abbas	2,94,291	32.50
	Islami Andolan Bangladesh	Abdur Rahman	14,784	1.63
	Jatiya Party (Ershad)	Mohammed Saifuddin	4,519	0.50
Invalid			40,130	4.43
Majority			2,41,005	26.62
Turnout			9,05,484	48.40
Total Registered			18,70,778
	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.