Mayor of Sylhet | |
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Incumbent since 19 August 2024vacant | |
Sylhet City Corporation | |
Style | Honourable (formal) |
Type | Council Leader |
Member of | Sylhet City Corporation |
Reports to | Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives |
Seat | Nagar Bhaban, Sylhet |
Appointer | Electorate of Sylhet |
Term length | Five years, renewable |
Constituting instrument | Sylhet City Corporation Act, 2001 |
Inaugural holder | Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran |
Formation | 31 July 2001 |
Salary | ৳ 85,000 Monthly (US$ 999) ৳ 10,20,000 annually (US$ 11,989) |
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 ]
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Election | Term of office | Political party | Reference | ||
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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 | 123 days | Independent |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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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 |
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