Mayor of Gazipur

Mayor of Gazipur
Incumbent Vacant since 19 August 2024
Gazipur City Corporation
Style	Honourable (formal)
Type	Council Leader
Reports to	Gazipur City Corporation
Seat	Nagar Bhaban, Gazipur
Appointer	Electorate of Gazipur
Term length	Five years, renewable
Constituting instrument	The City Corporation act, 2009
Inaugural holder	M. A. Mannan
Formation	16 January 2013;12 years ago (2013-01-16)
Salary	৳ 85,000 Monthly (US$ 999)
Website	www.gcc.gov.bd

The mayor of Gazipur City is the highest ranking official of the Gazipur City Corporation in Bangladesh. The mayor's office administers all city services, public property, most public agencies, and enforces all city and state laws within Gazipur City. ^[1]

The mayor's office is located in Nagar Bhaban; it has jurisdiction over all 57 wards of Gazipur City.^{[ citation needed ]}

List of officeholders

Political parties

•    Bangladesh Awami League
•    Bangladesh Nationalist Party
•    Independent (politician)

Status

  Acting Mayor or Administrator

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Election	Term of office			Political party	Reference
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		M. A. Mannan (1950–2022)	2013	6 July 2013	11 February 2015	1 year, 220 days	Bangladesh Nationalist Party	[2] [3]
—		Asadur Rahman Kiron	–	1 March 2015	1 June 2017	2 years, 92 days	Bangladesh Awami League
1		M. A. Mannan (1950–2022)	–	1 June 2017	6 July 2017	35 days	Bangladesh Nationalist Party	[4]
—		Asadur Rahman Kiron	–	7 July 2017	17 July 2018	1 year, 10 days	Bangladesh Awami League
2		Zahangir Alam	2018	27 July 2018	25 November 2021	3 years, 121 days	Bangladesh Awami League	[5] [6] [7] [8]
—		Asadur Rahman Kiron	–	26 November 2021	25 May 2023	1 year, 180 days	Bangladesh Awami League
3		Jayeda Khatun	2023	26 May 2023	19 August 2024	1 year, 85 days	Independent	[9]
–		Md. Sabirul Islam (Administrator)	–	19 August 2024	Incumbent	177 days	Independent

Elections

Election Result 2023

Main article: 2023 Gazipur City Corporation election

Gazipur Mayoral Election 2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jayeda Khatun	238,934	41.7%	N/A
	AL	Azmat Ullah Khan	222,736	38.9%	N/A
	IAB	Gazi Ataur Rahman	45,352	7.9%
	JP(E)	MM Niaz Uddin	16,382	2.9%
	Bangladesh Gana Front	Atiqul Islam	16,974	2.9%
	Zaker Party	Raju Ahmed	7,206	1.3%
	Independent	Harun-or-Rashid	2,426	0.4%
	Independent	Sarkar Shah Nur Islam	23,265	4.1%
Majority			16,198
Turnout			573,275
Registered electors			1,179,486
	Independent candidate gain from AL

Election Result 2018

Main article: 2018 Gazipur City Corporation election

Gazipur Mayoral Election 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Zahangir Alam	4,00,010		N/A
	BNP	Hasan Uddin Sarkar	1,97,611		N/A
Majority			2,02,399
Turnout			6,02,199
Registered electors			11,37,112
	AL gain from BNP

Election Result 2013

Main article: 2013 Gazipur City Corporation election

Gazipur Mayoral Election 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	M. A. Mannan	3,65,444		N/A
	AL	Ajmat Ullah Khan	2,58,867		N/A
Majority			1,06,577
Turnout			6,54,311
Registered electors			10,26,938
	BNP win (new seat)

References

1. "Gazipur City Corporation". gazipurcity.com.
2. "GCC Mayor Mannan arrested in city". Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha. 11 February 2015. Archived from the original on 25 August 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
3. "First mayor of Gazipur city MA Mannan no more". The Daily Star. 28 April 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
4. "Gazipur city mayor suspended again". The Daily Star. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
5. "AL's Jahangir Alam elected Gazipur mayor". The Daily Star. 26 June 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
6. "New Gazipur city mayor sworn in". The Independent. Dhaka. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
7. "Awami League's Zahangir Alam elected Gazipur mayor". Dhaka Tribune. 27 June 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
8. "Gazipur mayor Jahangir Alam suspended". Dhaka Tribune. 25 November 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
9. "Zayeda Khatun pulls off surprise win in Gazipur mayoral race". www.dhakatribune.com. 26 May 2023. Retrieved 25 May 2023.