2015 Dhaka North City Corporation election explained

Election Name:

2015 Dhaka North City Corporation election

Country:

Bangladesh

Election Date:

30 April 2015

Next Election:

2019 Dhaka North City Corporation by-election

Next Year:

2019

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Election Name:

Mayoral election

Type:

presidential

Image1:

DNCC mayor Annisul huq.JPG

Nominee1:

Annisul Huq

Party1:

Awami League

Popular Vote1:

4,60,117

Percentage1:

52.6%

Nominee2:

Tabith Awal

Party2:

Bangladesh Nationalist Party

Popular Vote2:

3,25,080

Percentage2:

37.16%

Mayor

Before Election:

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After Election:

Annisul Huq

After Party:

Awami League

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Election Name:	Council election
Election Date:	30 April 2015 48 seats in the Dhaka North City Corporation
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Party1:	Awami League
Leader1:	Annisul Huq
Seats1:	32
Last Election1:	0
Party2:	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Leader2:	Tabith Awal
Seats2:	2
Last Election2:	0
Party3:	Jatiya Party (Ershad)
Leader3:	Bahauddin Ahmed
Seats3:	1
Last Election3:	0
Party4:	Independent
Leader4:	—
Seats4:	13
Last Election4:	0

The 2015 election for mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation was held on 30 April 2015. A total of 16 candidates participated in the election. The result was a victory for the Awami League candidate Annisul Huq, who received a 135,037-vote majority. However, the results were rejected by main opposition candidate, Tabith Awal of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.^[1] The candidates got neutral symbol on this election.

Candidates

Candidate	Party	Symbol
bgcolor=	Annisul Huq	Awami League	Table clock
bgcolor=	Tabith Awal	Bangladesh Nationalist Party	Bus
bgcolor=	Bahauddin Ahmed Sarkar	Jatiya Party	Elephant

Mayoral election results

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
bgcolor=		Annisul Huq	Awami League	460,117	52.61
bgcolor=		Tabith Awal	Bangladesh Nationalist Party	325,080	37.17
bgcolor=		Fazle Bari Masoud	Islami Andolan Bangladesh	18,050	2.06
bgcolor=		Mahi B. Chowdhury	Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh	13,407	1.53
bgcolor=		Zonayed Saki	Ganosamhati Andolan	7,370	0.84
bgcolor=		Bahauddin Ahmed	Jatiya Party (Ershad)	2,950	0.34
bgcolor=		Abdullah Al Kafi	Communist Party of Bangladesh	2,475	0.28
bgcolor=		Nader Chowdhury	Jatiyo Samajtantrik Dal	1,412	0.16
	8 other candidates		10,139	1.16
align=right colspan=3	Rejected ballots	33,581	3.84
align=right colspan="3"	Majority	135,037	15.44
align=right colspan=3	Turnout	874,581	37.30
align=right colspan=3	Registered voters	2,344,900
	align=left colspan=4	AL gain (new seat)
Source: BDN News 24^[2]

Council election results

Party-wise

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Party		Leader	Councilor contested seats	Councilor elected in Seats	Ward Councilors	Reserved Women Councilors

	Bangladesh Awami League	Annisul Huq	48		21	11
	Bangladesh Nationalist Party	Tabith Awal	48		2	0
	Jatiya Party (Ershad)	Bahauddin Ahmed	unknown		1	0
	Independent	unknown			12	1
Total				48	36	12

Notes and References

Web site: Annisul declared DNCC mayor banglanews24.com. 2015-04-28. banglanews24.com. en. 2020-03-17.
Web site: DNCC Mayor Election Results. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150514234735/http://d30fl32nd2baj9.cloudfront.net:80/media/2015/04/29/1-dhaka-north-mayor-result.pdf/BINARY/1-Dhaka-North-Mayor-Result.pdf . 14 May 2015 .