2023 Sylhet City Corporation election

2023 Sylhet City Corporation election
21 June 2023
Registered4,86,605
Turnout46.51% (Decrease 16.85pp)
Mayoral election
21 June 2023
 
Nominee Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury Nazrul Islam Babul
Party AL JP(E)
Popular vote 1,19,991 50,862
Percentage 53.18% 22.54%
Mayor before election

Ariful Haque Choudhury
BNP

Elected Mayor

Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury
AL

Council election
21 June 2023
56 seats in the Sylhet City Corporation
Party Leader Seats +/–
AL Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury 41 +22
BNP Didn't Participate 9 −2
JI — 6 +4
Independent — 0 −4
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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The 2023 Sylhet City Corporation election is an election in Sylhet, Bangladesh, that was held on 21 June 2023 to elect the next mayor & councillors of Sylhet.[1] In this election, AL candidate achieved a landslide victory.

Schedule

The schedule of the election was announced by the Election Commission of Bangladesh on 29 March 2023.[2]

Event Date Day
Date of Notification 3 April 2023 Monday
Deadline for submission of nomination paper 23 May 2023
Date for scrutiny of nominations 25 May 2023
Appeal against the nomination paper scrutiny 26-28 May 2023
Appeal resolve 29-31 May 2023
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures 1 June 2023
Symbols distribution 2 June 2023
Date of poll & counting 21 June 2023


Candidates

Mayoral election

A total of 7 candidates were contested for the mayoral post.[3]

Name Election Symbol   Party Ref.
Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury Nouka (Boat) Bangladesh Awami League [4][5]
Hafiz Maulana Mahmudul Hasan Hatpakha (Hand fan) Islami Andolon Bangladesh
Nazrul Islam Babul Langol (Plough) Jatiya Party (Ershad)
Zahirul Alam Golap ful (Rose) Zaker Party
Abdul Hanif Kutu Ghora (Horse) Independent
Chalah Uddin Rimon Cricket Bat Independent
Shah Jahan Mia Bus Independent

Council election

In Sylhet, 87 candidates were contested for 14 women-reserved seats and 273 were contested for 42 seats of ward councillors.[6]

Mayoral election results

CandidatePartyVotes%
Anwaruzzaman ChowdhuryBangladesh Awami League119,99153.18
Nazrul Islam BabulJatiya Party (Ershad)50,86222.54
Md. Shah Jahan MiaIndependent28,68812.71
Hafiz Maulana Mahmudul HasanIslami Andolan Bangladesh12,7945.67
Abdul Hanif KutuIndependent4,2961.90
Zahirul AlamZaker Party3,4051.51
Mushtaq Ahmed Rauf MostafaIndependent2,9591.31
Salah Uddin RimonIndependent2,6481.17
Total225,643100.00
Valid votes225,64399.46
Invalid/blank votes1,2160.54
Total votes226,859100.00
Registered voters/turnout487,75346.51
Source: [1]

Council election Results

Party-wise

2023 SCC council election results (party-wise)
Party Seats
Ward Councilors Reserved Women Councilors Total Councilors
Bangladesh Awami League 30 11 41
Bangladesh Nationalist Party 8 1 9
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami 4 2 6
Total 42 14 56

See also

References

  1. ^ "Polls to 5 city corporations: AL nominates mayoral candidates". The daily star. 15 April 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  2. ^ "EC announces polls schedule for five city corporations". Dhaka Tribune. 3 April 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Campaigns begin in Sylhet as candidates allotted symbols". The Business Standard. 2 June 2023. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  4. ^ "Awami League's contender - JaPa or others?". Prothom Alo. 14 April 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  5. ^ "SCC polls: Mayor, councillor candidates get symbols". Dhaka Tribune. 2 June 2023. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  6. ^ "Symbol allotted among 7 mayoral, 360 councillor candidates". newagebd. 2 June 2023. Retrieved 25 June 2023.


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