2015 Dhaka South City Corporation election explained

Election Name:2015 Dhaka South City Corporation election
Country:Bangladesh
Election Date:30 April 2015
Next Election:2020 Dhaka South City Corporation election
Next Year:2020
Registered:1,870,778
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Election Name:Mayoral election
Type:presidential
Election Date:30 April 2015
Image1:File:Sayeed Khokon.jpg
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Nominee1:Sayeed Khokon
Party1:Awami League
Popular Vote1:535,296
Percentage1:59.12%
Nominee2:Mirza Abbas
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Party2:Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Popular Vote2:294,291
Percentage2:32.50%
Mayor
Before Election:New Post
After Election:Sayeed Khokon
After Party:Awami League
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Election Name:Council election
Election Date:30 April 2015
76 seats in the Dhaka South City Corporation
Nopercentage:yes
Party1:Awami League
Leader1:Sayeed Khokon
Seats1:54
Last Election1:0
Party2:Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Leader2:Mirza Abbas
Seats2:8
Last Election2:0
Party3:Independent
Leader3:
Seats3:14
Last Election3:0
Turnout:48.40%

2015 Dhaka South City Corporation Election Were hold at 30 April 2015. The election saw a 48.40% turnout. A total of 20 candidate took part in the mayoral election. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate Mirza Abbas rejected the result and complained that the election was rigged. Sayeed Khokon won the election by a 241,005 vote majority.[1] Three polling centers were suspended.

Mayoral election results

style=text-align:center colspan="5" DSCC Mayor Election 2015[2]
CandidatePartyVotes%
bgcolor=Sayeed KhokonAwami League535,29659.12
bgcolor=Mirza AbbasBNP294,29132.50
bgcolor=Abdur RahmanISAB14,7841.63
bgcolor=Mohammed SaifuddinJatiya Party4,5190.50
Abu Naser MohammedIndependent2,1970.24
Rezaul Karim2,1730.24
Sahin Khan2,0740.23
Golam Maula Rony1,8870.21
Sahidul Islam1,2390.14
Bazlur Rashid1,0290.11
Zahidur Rahman9880.11
Asaduzzaman Ripon9280.10
A S M Akram6820.08
Dilip Vodro6690.07
Abdul Khalek5500.06
Safi Ullah Chowdhury5120.06
Mashiur Rahman5080.06
Aktaruzzaman3620.04
Ayub Husen3540.04
Bahrane Sultan3120.03
align=right colspan=3Invalid40,1304.43
align=right colspan=3Majority241,00526.62
align=right colspan=3Turnout905,48448.40
align=right colspan=3Total Registered1,870,778
align=left colspan=4AL Gain (New Seat)

Council election results

Party-wise

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Party LeaderCouncilor contested seatsCouncilor elected in SeatsWard CouncilorsReserved Women Councilors
Bangladesh Awami LeagueSayeed Khokon763717
Bangladesh Nationalist PartyMirza Abbas7671
Independentunknown131
Total765719

Notes and References

  1. News: Khokon Declared DSCC mayor. 2015-04-28. bdnews24.com. en. 2020-03-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150502010723/https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2015/04/30/returning-officers-announce-full-results-of-three-city-corporation-polls . 2 May 2015.
  2. Web site: 29 April 2015. Dhaka South Mayor polls result. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150515002622/http://d30fl32nd2baj9.cloudfront.net:80/media/2015/04/29/2-dhaka-south-mayor-result.pdf/BINARY/2-Dhaka-South-Mayor-Result.pdf . 2015-05-15 . 9 July 2020. স্থগিত ভোটকেন্দ্রের সংখ্যা ... ৩ [Suspended polling places, number of ... 3].