Election Name: | 2019 Dhaka North mayoral by-election |
Country: | Bangladesh |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2015 Dhaka North City Corporation election |
Previous Year: | 2015 |
Next Election: | 2020 Dhaka North City Corporation election |
Election Date: | 28 February 2019 |
Turnout: | 31.05% 6.24 pp |
Mayor | |
Image1: | File:Atiqul Islam, mayor (cropped).jpg |
Candidate1: | Atiqul Islam |
Party1: | Awami League |
Popular Vote1: | 839,202 |
Percentage1: | 89.04% |
Candidate2: | Shafin Ahmed |
Party2: | Jatiya Party (Ershad) |
Popular Vote2: | 52,829 |
Percentage2: | 5.60% |
Before Election: | Annisul Huq |
Before Party: | Bangladesh Awami League |
After Election: | Atiqul Islam |
After Party: | Bangladesh Awami League |
Colour2: | F6F600 |
Colour1: | 006a4e |
The 2019 Dhaka North City Corporation by-election was held on 28 February 2019 due to the death of Mayor Annisul Huq. The election was boycotted by the main opposition, the BNP. A total of 5 mayoral candidates took part in election. Atiqul Islam won the election by 786,473 votes. This election had a low turnout, with a decrease of 6.24% from the last election.
Atiqul Islam | Awami League | 839,302 | 89.05 | 36.44 | ||
Shafin Ahmed | Jatiya Party (Ershad) | 52,8291 | 5.60 | 5.26 | ||
Abdur Rahim | Independent | 14,040 | 1.49 | New | ||
Sahin Khan | PDP | 8,650 | 0.92 | New | ||
Anisur Rahman Dewan | National Peoples Party | 8,995 | 0.95 | New | ||
align=right colspan=3 | Rejected Ballot | 18,723 | 1.99 | -1.85 | ||
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align=right colspan=3 | Majority | 786,473 | 83.44 | 67.08 | ||
align=right colspan=3 | Turnout | 942,539 | 31.05 | -6.25 | ||
align=right colspan=3 | Total Registered Voters | 3,035,599 | 29.46 | |||
align=left colspan=2 | AL Hold | +15.59 |
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