Mayor of Sylhet

Mayor of Sylhet
Incumbent Abu Ahmad Siddiqui since 19 August 2024
Sylhet City Corporation
Style	Honourable (formal)
Type	Council Leader
Reports to	Sylhet City Corporation
Seat	Nagar Bhaban, Sylhet
Appointer	Electorate of Sylhet
Term length	Five years, renewable
Constituting instrument	The City Corporation act, 2009
Inaugural holder	Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran
Formation	31 July 2001;23 years ago (2001-07-31)
Salary	৳ 85,000 Monthly (US$ 999)
Website	Sylhet City Corporation

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

The Mayor's office is located in Nagar Bhaban, Bandor Bazar; currently it has jurisdiction over all 42 wards of Sylhet City, which previously was 27 ward.^{[ citation needed ]}

List of officeholders

•    Bangladesh Awami League
•    Bangladesh Nationalist Party

Other factions

•    Independent

Status

•   Acting Mayor and Administrator

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Election	Term of office			Political party	Reference
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran (1952-2020)	2003 2008	12 April 2003	18 September 2013	10 years, 190 days	Bangladesh Awami League	[2]
2		Ariful Haque Choudhury	2013 2018	18 September 2013	7 November 2023	10 years, 50 days	Bangladesh Nationalist Party	[3]
3		Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury	2023	7 November 2023	19 August 2024	286 days	Bangladesh Awami League	[4] [5]
–		Abu Ahmad Siddiqui (Administrator)	–	19 August 2024	Incumbent	177 days	Independent

Elections

Election Result 2023

Main article: 2023 Sylhet City Corporation election

Election Result 2018

Main article: 2018 Sylhet City Corporation election

Sylhet Mayoral Election 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Ariful Haque Choudhury	92,588	[3]
	AL	Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran	86,392
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Ehsanul Mahbub Jubayer	10,954
	IAB	Moazzem Hossain	2,195
Majority			6,196
Turnout			2,01,577
Registered electors			3,18,138
	BNP hold

Election Result 2013

Main article: 2013 Sylhet City Corporation election

Sylhet Mayoral Election 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Ariful Haque Choudhury	107,330
	AL	Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran	72,173
Majority			35,157
Turnout			1,79,503
Registered electors			2,91,046
	BNP gain from AL

References

1. Sylhet City Corporation Act, 2001, bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd।
2. "Former mayor of Sylhet City Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran dies at 69". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
3. "সিলেটের মেয়র হলেন আরিফুল হক". Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Retrieved 22 September 2021.
4. "Anwaruzzaman takes charge as Sylhet mayor". The Daily Star . 7 November 2023.
5. "দ্বিগুণ ভোটের ব্যবধানে আনোয়ারুজ্জামান মেয়র নির্বাচিত". Sylhetview24.com. Retrieved 21 June 2023.