2018 Sylhet City Corporation election explained
Election Name: | 2018 Sylhet City Corporation election |
Country: | Bangladesh |
Election Date: | 30 July 2018 |
Previous Election: | 2013 Sylhet City Corporation election |
Previous Year: | 2013 |
Next Election: | 2023 Sylhet City Corporation election |
Next Year: | 2023 |
Registered: | 3,18,138 |
Module: | Embed: | yes | Election Name: | Mayoral election | Type: | presidential | Election Date: | 30 July 2018 | Nominee1: | Ariful Haque Choudhury | Party1: | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | Popular Vote1: | 92,588 | Percentage1: | 47.74%[1] | Nominee2: | Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran | Party2: | Awami League | Popular Vote2: | 86,392 | Percentage2: | 44.54% | Mayor | Before Election: | Ariful Haque Choudhury | Before Party: | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | After Election: | Ariful Haque Choudhury | After Party: | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | Module: | Embed: | yes | Election Name: | Council election | Nopercentage: | yes | Party1: | Awami League | Leader1: | Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran | Seats1: | 19 | Last Election1: | 13 | Party2: | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | Leader2: | Ariful Haque Choudhury | Seats2: | 11 | Last Election2: | 17 | Party3: | Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami | Leader3: | Ehsanul Mahbub | Seats3: | 2 | Last Election3: | 2 | Party4: | Independent | Leader4: | — | Seats4: | 4 | Last Election4: | 4 |
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Turnout: | 63.36% |
The 2018 election for mayor of Sylhet City Corporation was held on 30 July 2018. Sylhet is a city in Bangladesh. The result was again a victory for the Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate Ariful Haque Choudhury.[2]
Council election results
Party-wise
Notes and References
- Web site: সিলেটের মেয়র হলেন আরিফুল হক. 2021-09-22. Prothom Alo. bn.
- Web site: Sylhet mayor resumes office. newagebd.net. 2018-08-08.