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
Module:	Embed: yes Election Name: Mayoral election Type: presidential Election Date: 30 April 2015 Image1: File:Sayeed Khokon.jpg Image1 Size: 70px Nominee1: Sayeed Khokon Party1: Awami League Popular Vote1: 535,296 Percentage1: 59.12% Nominee2: Mirza Abbas Image2 Size: 120px Party2: Bangladesh Nationalist Party Popular Vote2: 294,291 Percentage2: 32.50% Mayor Before Election: New Post After Election: Sayeed Khokon After Party: Awami League Module: Embed: yes 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]
Candidate		Party	Votes	%
bgcolor=		Sayeed Khokon	Awami League	535,296	59.12
bgcolor=		Mirza Abbas	BNP	294,291	32.50
bgcolor=		Abdur Rahman	ISAB	14,784	1.63
bgcolor=		Mohammed Saifuddin	Jatiya Party	4,519	0.50
	Abu Naser Mohammed	Independent	2,197	0.24
	Rezaul Karim		2,173	0.24
	Sahin Khan		2,074	0.23
	Golam Maula Rony		1,887	0.21
	Sahidul Islam		1,239	0.14
	Bazlur Rashid		1,029	0.11
	Zahidur Rahman		988	0.11
	Asaduzzaman Ripon		928	0.10
	A S M Akram		682	0.08
	Dilip Vodro		669	0.07
	Abdul Khalek		550	0.06
	Safi Ullah Chowdhury		512	0.06
	Mashiur Rahman		508	0.06
	Aktaruzzaman		362	0.04
	Ayub Husen		354	0.04
	Bahrane Sultan		312	0.03
align=right colspan=3	Invalid	40,130	4.43
align=right colspan=3	Majority	241,005	26.62
align=right colspan=3	Turnout	905,484	48.40
align=right colspan=3	Total Registered	1,870,778
	align=left colspan=4	AL Gain (New Seat)

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	Sayeed Khokon	76		37	17
	Bangladesh Nationalist Party	Mirza Abbas	76		7	1
	Independent	unknown			13	1
Total				76	57	19

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].