The 2018 Barishal City Corporation election was an election in Barisal, Bangladesh, held on 30 July 2018 to elect the next Mayor of Barisal. Serniabat Sadiq Abdullah was elected as second mayor of the Barishal City Corporation in August 2018.
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Mayoral election | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Registered | 2,41,959 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 40 seats in the Barisal City Corporation | |||||||||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Candidates
editMayoral election
edit| Name | Ref. | ||
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| Serniabat Sadiq Abdullah | Bangladesh Awami League | [1] | |
| Mujibur Rahman Sarwar | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | ||
| Obaidur Rahman Mahbub | Islami Andolon Bangladesh | ||
| Md Iqbal Hossain | Jatiya Party (Ershad) | ||
| Abul Kalam Azad | Communist Party of Bangladesh | ||
| Manisha Chakrabarty | Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal |
Incidents
editBefore the elections, hundreds of Bangladesh Nationalist Party activists were detained.[2]
BNP candidate Sarwar withdrew before the voting was completed alleging irregularities with the voting.[3]
A mayoral candidate, Manisha Chakraborty of BSD, was assaulted as she protested snatching of ballot papers by AL supporters at a polling station in ward-17 in Barisal.[4]
Results
editMayoral election result
editAbdullah received 107,353 votes while his nearest rival, Mazibor Rahman Sarwar of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 13,135 votes.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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| AL | Serniabat Sadiq Abdullah | 1,09,803 | ||||
| BNP | Mujibur Rahman Sarwar | 13,041 | ||||
| Majority | 96,762 | |||||
| Turnout | 1,39,151 | |||||
| Registered electors | 2,41,959 | |||||
| AL gain from BNP | ||||||
Council election Results
editParty-wise
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| Party | Seats | |||
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| Ward Councilors | Reserved Women Councilors | Total Councilors | ||
| Bangladesh Awami League | 21 | 7 | 27 | |
| Bangladesh Nationalist Party | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Jatiya Party (Ershad) | 1 | — | 1 | |
| Independent | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
| Total | 30 | 10 | 40 | |
Aftermath
editThe election was boycotted by the candidates of Communist Party of Bangladesh and Islami Andolon Bangladesh who alleged vote rigging.[7]
They demanded the Election Commission postpone the polls.[8]
New elected mayor Abdullah was sworn in office by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the Prime Minister's Office in Dhaka.[9]
References
edit- ^ "City polls: Awami League wins Rajshahi, Barishal, results postponed in Sylhet". Dhaka Tribune. 31 July 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
- ^ "An uneven battlefield". The Daily Star. 2018-08-02. Retrieved 2021-07-07.
- ^ "BNP, CPB, IAB boycott Barisal city polls". The Daily Star. 30 July 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
- ^ "Elections in 3 Cities: AL wins 2, irregularities rule". The Daily Star. 31 July 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
- ^ "Sadiq Abdullah of AL bags eight times more votes than BNP's Sarwar in Barishal mayor race". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
- ^ "বরিশালে কাউন্সিলর পদে আ.লীগ ২৩, বিএনপি ৪". Dhaka Times (in Bengali). 31 July 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
- ^ "BCC polls: Serniabat leads by huge margin". The Daily Star. 2018-07-31. Retrieved 2021-07-07.
- ^ "City polls: Awami League wins Rajshahi, Barishal, results postponed in Sylhet". Dhaka Tribune. 31 July 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
- ^ "New Barishal mayor Sadiq Abdullah sworn in". The Daily Star. 2018-10-22. Retrieved 2021-07-07.