2018 Gazipur City Corporation election

The 2018 Gazipur City Corporation election was an election in Gazipur, Bangladesh, held on 27 June 2018 to elect the 2nd Mayor of Gazipur. Zahangir Alam elected as second mayor of the Gazipur City Corporation in July 2018.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

2018 Gazipur mayoral election

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Registered1,137,112
Turnout57.05%
Mayoral election
27 June 2018
 
Nominee Zahangir Alam Hasan Uddin Sarkar
Party AL BNP
Popular vote 400,010 197,611
Percentage 63.48% 31.36%

Mayor before election

Asadur Rahman Kiron
AL

Elected Mayor

Zahangir Alam
AL

Council election
27 June 2018
76 seats in the Gazipur City Corporation
Party Leader Seats +/–
AL Zahangir Alam 48 +4
BNP Hasan Uddin Sarkar 19 −6
JP(E) 2 +1
WPB 1 0
Independent 6 +1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Mayoral election results

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CandidatePartyVotes%
Zahangir AlamBangladesh Awami League400,01063.48
Hasan Uddin SarkarBangladesh Nationalist Party197,61131.36
Md. Nasir UddinIslami Andolan Bangladesh26,3814.19
Md. Jalal UddinBangladesh Islami Front1,8600.30
Fazlur RahmanIslami Oikya Jote1,6590.26
Farid Uddin AhmedIndependent1,6170.26
Kazi Md Ruhul AminCommunist Party of Bangladesh9730.15
Total630,111100.00
Valid votes630,11197.13
Invalid/blank votes18,6032.87
Total votes648,714100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,137,11257.05

Council election results

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Party-wise

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2018 GCC council election results (party-wise)
 
Party Seats
Ward Councilors Reserved Women Councilors Total Councilors
Bangladesh Awami League 39 9 48
Bangladesh Nationalist Party 12 7 19
Jatiya Party (Ershad) 2 2
Workers Party of Bangladesh 1 1
Independent 4 2 6
Total 57 19 76

References

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  1. ^ "AL's Jahangir Alam elected Gazipur mayor". The Daily Star. 2018-06-26. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
  2. ^ "New Gazipur city mayor sworn in". The Independent. Dhaka. 2018-07-26. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
  3. ^ "Awami League's Zahangir Alam elected Gazipur mayor". Dhaka Tribune. 2018-06-27. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
  4. ^ "Zahangir Alam sworn in as GCC mayor". Prothom Alo. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
  5. ^ "Jahangir Alam wins Gazipur city election". Risingbd.com. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
  6. ^ "AL's Zahangir elected mayor". Daily Sun. Retrieved 2018-09-16.