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2022 Rangpur City Corporation election

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The 2022 Rangpur City Corporation election was a Bangladeshi local governmental election held on 27 December 2022. The City Corporation elections are held every five years, and this was the third of its kind in Rangpur. The mayor and 44 councilors of the corporation were elected in this election. A total of 9 candidates contested in the mayoral election, and other 246 contesting for general councils and reserved (women) seats.[1][2] Jatiya Party's Mostafizar Rahman Mostafa held the mayoral post by winning in a huge margin with ruling Awami League's candidate landing as fourth.

2022 Rangpur City Corporation election
← 2017 27 December 2022 2027 →
Registered426,470
Turnout65.88% (Decrease8.35pp)
Mayoral election
27 December 2022
 
Nominee Mostafizar Rahman Mostafa Md. Amiruzzaman
Party JP(E) IAB
Popular vote 146,798 49,892
Percentage 52.44% 17.82%
 
Nominee Latifur Rahman Milon Hosne Ara Lutfa Dalia
Party Independent[a] AL
Popular vote 33,883 22,309
Percentage 12.10% 7.97%
Mayor before election

Mostafizar Rahman Mostafa
JP(E)

Elected Mayor

Mostafizar Rahman Mostafa
JP(E)

Council election
27 December 2022
44 seats in the Rangpur City Corporation[b]
15 January 2023 (Re-election in 1 seat)
Party Leader Seats +/–
AL Hosne Ara Lutfa Dalia 14 −1
JP(E) Mostafizar Rahman Mostafa 9 +2
BNP Didn't contest 2 −4
BSD — 1 +1
Independent — 18 +13
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Prior to the election, Rangpur was the only city held by the Jatiya Party (Ershad),[3] the main opposition party in the Jatiya Sangsad.[4] It was also one of the two city corporations which was held by other parties except Awami League. According to political analysts, the elections held significance for the Awami League-government and the newly formed Election Commission under Kazi Habibul Awwal- because election commissions under the government is accused by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) of being a 'puppet commission' of the government to turn Bangladesh into a de facto one-party state under Awami League.[5][6][better source needed] As Cumilla City Corporation's mayoral post was lost by Bangladesh Nationalist Party to Awami League in an election in June same year, the accusations rose.[7][c]

Background

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City Corporations or City Councils are the highest tier among the local councils of Bangladesh— usually composed of cities or metropolitan areas.[citation needed] Elections are held every five years to elect the mayors and ward councilors. Cities are divided into wards. A councilor is elected for each ward by the ward residents. For every three wards, another council seat is reserved for a woman, and is filled by the votes of the residents of those wards.[8]

The Rangpur City Corporation (RpCC) is one of the 12 City Corporations in Bangladesh. It comprises the metropolitan Rangpur. It is further divided into 33 wards. The corporation in Rangpur was founded in 2012 and the first election was held the same year, electing Sharfuddin Ahmed Jhantu as the first mayor.

Politically, the Rangpur region is considered a 'bastion' of Jatiya Party, with also consisting a large number Awami League supporters. In the past two elections, first was won by an Awami League candidate who was a past member of Jatiya Party and the last was won by a Jatiya Party candidate.[9]

Candidacy

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Mayoral election

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Name Election symbol   Party References
Mostafizur Rahman Mostafa

Langol (Wooden hand-plough)

Jatiya Party (Ershad) [2]
Hosne Ara Lutfa Dalia Nouka (Boat) Bangladesh Awami League
Md Amiruzzaman Hatpakha (Hand fan) Islami Andolon Bangladesh
Abu Rayhan Dab (Green coconut) Bangladesh Congress
Safiur Rahman Moshal (Torch) Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal
Touhidur Rahman Mondol Deyalghori (Wall clock) Khelafat Majlish
Khorshed Alam Lal golap (Red rose) Zaker Party
Mehedi Hasan Bony Horin (Deer) Independent
Latifur Rahman Milon   Hati (Elephant) Independent

Results

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Mayoral election

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CandidatePartyVotes%
Mostafizar Rahman MostafaJatiya Party (Ershad)146,79852.44
Amiruzzaman HossainIslami Andolan Bangladesh49,89217.82
Latifur Rahman MilonIndependent33,88312.10
Hosne Ara Lutfa DaliaBangladesh Awami League22,3097.97
Abu RaihanBangladesh Congress10,5493.77
Khorshed AlamZaker Party5,8092.08
Shafiar RahmanJatiya Samajtantrik Dal5,1561.84
Tauhidur Rahman MondalKhelafat Majlish2,8641.02
Mehedi Hasan BonyIndependent2,6790.96
Total279,939100.00
Valid votes279,93999.63
Invalid/blank votes1,0360.37
Total votes280,975100.00
Registered voters/turnout426,47065.88

Council election results

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Party-wise

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2022 RpCC council election results (party-wise)[10]
 
Party Seats
Ward Councilors Reserved Women Councilors Total Councilors
Bangladesh Awami League 14 — 14
Jatiya Party-JaPa (Ershad) 6 3 9
Bangladesh Nationalist Party 2 — 2
Socialist Party of Bangladesh-BaSaD 1 — 1
Independent(s)[d] 10 8 18
Total 33 11 44

Ward-wise

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List of winner councilors of 2022 RpCC election[10]
Council seat Winner party Winner candidate
Ward Councilor 01 JaPa (E) Rafiqul Islam
Ward Councilor 02 AL Ghulam Sarwar Mirza
Ward Councilor 03 JaPa (E) Aseq Ali
Ward Councilor 04 AL Haradhan Chandra Roy
Ward Councilor 05 Independent Mukhlesur Rahman
Ward Councilor 06 Independent Abu Hasan Chanchal
Ward Councilor 07 Independent Anwarul Islam
Ward Councilor 08 Independent Afsar Ali
Ward Councilor 09 Independent Nazrul Islam Dewani
Ward Councilor 10 Independent Kamruzzaman
Ward Councilor 11 Independent Wazedul Arefin
Ward Councilor 12 Independent Maqbul Hossain[e]
Ward Councilor 13 AL Fazle Ilahi
Ward Councilor 14 BaSaD Mamdel Hossain Sarker
Ward Councilor 15 AL Zakaria Alam
Ward Councilor 16 AL Aminur Rahman
Ward Councilor 17 AL Abdul Ghaffar
Ward Councilor 18 Independent Masud Rana
Ward Councilor 19 JaPa (E) Mahmudur Rahman
Ward Councilor 20 AL Tauhidul Islam
Ward Councilor 21 JaPa (E) Mahabubar Rahman
Ward Councilor 22 AL Mizanur Rahman
Ward Councilor 23 Independent Liton Parvez[e]
Ward Councilor 24 AL Rafiqul Islam
Ward Councilor 25 Independent Nurunnabi Fulu
Ward Councilor 26 AL Shahzada Arman
Ward Councilor 27 Independent Rezwar Al Mehedi
Ward Councilor 28 AL Shahadat Hossain
Ward Councilor 29 AL Harun Ur Rashid
Ward Councilor 30 AL Jahangir Alam
Ward Councilor 31 JaPa (E) Samsul Haque
Ward Councilor 32 AL Shahadat Hussein
Ward Councilor 33 JaPa (E) Minazul Islam
Reserved Women Councilor-1 Independent Dilara Begum
Reserved Women Councilor-2 Independent Sultana Parveen
Reserved Women Councilor-3 JaPa (E) Muslemah Begum
Reserved Women Councilor-4 Independent Shamima Akhter
Reserved Women Councilor-5 Independent Moslema Begum
Reserved Women Councilor-6 Independent Zahida Anwari
Reserved Women Councilor-7 JaPa (E) Ferdousi Begum
Reserved Women Councilor-8 JaPa (E) Hasna Banu
Reserved Women Councilor-9 Independent Manoara Sultana
Reserved Women Councilor-10 Independent Shazmin Nahar Sheuly
Reserved Women Councilor-11 Independent Jharna Khatun

Notes

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  1. ^ Awami League 'rebel candidate', sought nomination as independent candidate after not receiving party nomination.
  2. ^ Of the total 44 seats, one was won uncontested.
  3. ^ Although many experts believed that the incumbent BNP-loyalist candidate lost because of grouping in the party and other 'party rebel' candidates.
  4. ^ Includes BNP members who contested in elections disobeying party decisions.
  5. ^ a b BNP-affiliated politician, ran as independent.

References

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  1. ^ "CEC: Rangpur city polls will be free, fair". Dhaka Tribune. 13 December 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Candidates in Rangpur city polls given election symbols". New Age. 9 December 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  3. ^ Karmaker, Kongkon (1 December 2022). "Rangpur city polls: JP relieved, AL troubled over rebels". The Daily Star. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  4. ^ Badal, Liakat Ali (26 October 2022). "GM Quader cements power as Rangpur JaPa boycotts Ranga". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  5. ^ "BNP calls upon JaPa MPs to resign". JagoNews24. 10 December 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  6. ^ "BNP terms EC govt puppet". The New Nation. 19 December 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  7. ^ কুমিল্লার নির্বাচনের 'ফলাফল বিতর্ক' নিয়ে যা বলল নির্বাচন কমিশন [What the Election Commission said about the 'result controversy' in the Comilla election]. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 19 June 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  8. ^ Panday, Pranab Kumar (2017). Reforming urban governance in Bangladesh: the city corporation. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 40, 42. ISBN 978-3-319-49597-2.
  9. ^ Molla, Mohammad Al-Masum; Karmaker, Kongkon (22 December 2017). "JP wins big in bastion". The Daily Star. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  10. ^ a b Islam, Shipul (28 December 2022). মেয়রে ডুবলেও কাউন্সিলরে মুখরক্ষা আ. লীগের [A. League saves face in councilors as it sinks in mayoral election]. Ajker Patrika (in Bengali). Retrieved 19 April 2023.
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