| Election Name: | 2018 Barishal City Corporation election | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country: | Bangladesh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Previous Election: | 2013 Barishal City Corporation election | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Previous Year: | 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Next Election: | 2023 Barishal City Corporation election | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Next Year: | 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Election Date: | 30 July 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2018 Barishal City Corporation election was an election in Barisal, Bangladesh, held on 30 July 2018 to elect the next Mayor of Barisal. Serniabat Sadiq Abdullah was elected as second mayor of the Barishal City Corporation in August 2018.
| Name | class=unsortable | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serniabat Sadiq Abdullah | Bangladesh Awami League | [1] | |
| Mujibur Rahman Sarwar | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | ||
| Obaidur Rahman Mahbub | bgcolor= | Islami Andolon Bangladesh | |
| Md Iqbal Hossain | Jatiya Party (Ershad) | ||
| Abul Kalam Azad | bgcolor= | Communist Party of Bangladesh | |
| Manisha Chakrabarty | Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal |
Before the elections, hundreds of Bangladesh Nationalist Party activists were detained.[2]
BNP candidate Sarwar withdrew before the voting was completed alleging irregularities with the voting.[3]
A mayoral candidate, Manisha Chakraborty of BSD, was assaulted as she protested snatching of ballot papers by AL supporters at a polling station in ward-17 in Barisal.[4]
Abdullah received 107,353 votes while his nearest rival, Mazibor Rahman Sarwar of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 13,135 votes.[5]
| Party | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward Councilors | Reserved Women Councilors | Total Councilors | |||
| Bangladesh Awami League | 21 | 7 | 27 | ||
| Bangladesh Nationalist Party | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Jatiya Party (Ershad) | 1 | — | 1 | ||
| Independent | 6 | 2 | 8 | ||
| Total | 30 | 10 | 40 | ||
The election was boycotted by the candidates of Communist Party of Bangladesh and Islami Andolon Bangladesh who alleged vote rigging.[6]
They demanded the Election Commission postpone the polls.[7]
New elected mayor Abdullah was sworn in office by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the Prime Minister's Office in Dhaka.[8]