Mayor of Sylhet

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Mayor of Sylhet
Incumbent
Abu Ahmad Siddiqui
since 19 August 2024
Sylhet City Corporation
Style Honourable (formal)
TypeCouncil Leader
Reports to Sylhet City Corporation
Seat Nagar Bhaban, Sylhet
AppointerElectorate of Sylhet
Term length Five years, renewable
Constituting instrument The City Corporation act, 2009
Inaugural holder Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran
Formation31 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]

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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

Other factions
Status
No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)		ElectionTerm of officePolitical
party		Reference
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
1 Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran
(1952-2020)		2003
2008		12 April 200318 September 201310 years, 190 days Bangladesh Awami League [2]
2 Ariful Haque Choudhury 2013
2018 		18 September 20137 November 202310 years, 50 days Bangladesh Nationalist Party [3]
3 Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury 2023 7 November 202319 August 2024286 days Bangladesh Awami League [4] [5]
– Abu Ahmad Siddiqui
(Administrator)		–19 August 2024Incumbent195 days Independent

Elections

Election Result 2023

Election Result 2018

Sylhet Mayoral Election 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BNP Ariful Haque Choudhury 92,588 [3]
AL Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran 86,392
JI Ehsanul Mahbub Jubayer10,954
IAB Moazzem Hossain2,195
Majority6,196
Turnout 2,01,577
Registered electors 3,18,138
BNP hold

Election Result 2013

Sylhet Mayoral Election 2013
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BNP Ariful Haque Choudhury 107,330
AL Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran 72,173
Majority35,157
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. 1 2 "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.
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