The 2015 Chattogram City Corporation election was held on 30 April 2015. A total of 12 candidates ran for mayor. The result was a victory for the Awami League candidate A J M Nasir Uddin. However, the results were rejected by main opposition candidate, Mohammad Manjur Alam of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.[1][2]
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| Registered | 18,13,449 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 47.90%( 6.61pp) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 30 April 2015 55 seats in the Chattogram City Corporation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mayoral election results
edit| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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| A. J. M. Nasir Uddin | Bangladesh Awami League | 475,361 | 57.87 | |
| M. Manjur Alam | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | 304,837 | 37.11 | |
| M A Matin | Bangladesh Islami Front | 11,655 | 1.42 | |
| Wazez Hossain Bhuyia | Islami Andolan Bangladesh | 9,668 | 1.18 | |
| Solayman Alam Sheth | Jatiya Party (Ershad) | 6,131 | 0.75 | |
| Mohammed Mujibul Hoque | Independent | 4,215 | 0.51 | |
| Saifuddin Ahmed | Independent | 2,661 | 0.32 | |
| Alauddin Chowdhury | Independent | 2,159 | 0.26 | |
| Arif Moinuddin | Independent | 1,774 | 0.22 | |
| Abul Kalam Azad | Independent | 1,385 | 0.17 | |
| Sazzad Zoha | Independent | 845 | 0.10 | |
| Safiul Alam | Independent | 680 | 0.08 | |
| Total | 821,371 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 821,371 | 94.56 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 47,292 | 5.44 | ||
| Total votes | 868,663 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,813,449 | 47.90 | ||
| Source: BD News 24 | ||||
Council election results
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| Party | Leader | Councilor contested seats | Councilor elected in Seats | Ward Councilors | Reserved Women Councilors | |
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| Bangladesh Awami League | A. J. M. Nasir Uddin | 55 | 46 / 55
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35 | 11 | |
| Bangladesh Nationalist Party | M. Manjur Alam | 43 | 7 / 55
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5 | 2 | |
| Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami | Didn’t Participate | 12 | 2 / 55
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1 | 1 | |
| Total | 55 | 41 | 14 | |||
References
edit- ^ "AL-backed AJM Nasir Uddin leads in Chittagong City Corporation mayoral polls". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ^ "Nasir takes over as CCC mayor". NTVBD. Retrieved 27 October 2015.