2024 Comilla City Corporation by-election

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2024 Comilla mayoral by-election
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  2022 9 March 20242027 
 
Candidate Tahseen Bahar Shuchona Monirul Haque Sakku
Party Awami League Independent
Popular vote48,89026,897
Percentage51.95%28.58%

Mayor before election

Arfanul Haque Rifat
AL

Elected Mayor

Tahseen Bahar Shuchona
AL

The 2024 Comilla City Corporation by-election was held on 9 March 2024 due to the death of Mayor Arfanul Haque Rifat. A total of 4 mayoral candidates took part in election. Tahseen Bahar Shuchona won the election. [1] [2]

Mayoral election results

CandidatePartyVotes%
Tahseen Bahar Shuchona Independent48,89051.95
Monirul Haque Sakku Independent26,89728.58
Nizam Uddin KaiserIndependent13,15513.98
Noor ur Rahman MahmudIndependent5,1735.50
Total94,115100.00
Valid votes94,115100.00
Invalid/blank votes00.00
Total votes94,115100.00
Registered voters/turnout242,45838.82

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References

  1. "Comilla gets first female mayor". Dhaka Tribune . Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  2. "এমপি বাহারের মেয়ে সূচনা কুমিল্লার নতুন মেয়র". BD News 24. Retrieved 9 March 2024.