2020 Dhaka North City Corporation election explained

Election Name:	2020 Dhaka North City Corporation election
Country:	Bangladesh
Election Date:	1 February 2020
Previous Election:	2019 Dhaka North City Corporation by-election
Previous Year:	2019
Next Election:	2025 Dhaka North City Corporation election
Next Year:	2025
Registered:	30,12,509
Module:	Embed: yes Election Name: Mayoral election Type: presidential Election Date: 1 February 2020 Image1: File:U.S. Embassy Dhaka Celebrates 4th of July, 2022 (52187978515) (cropped).png Image1 Size: 120px Nominee1: Atiqul Islam Party1: Awami League Popular Vote1: 4,47,211 Percentage1: 58.67% Image2 Size: 120px Nominee2: Tabith Awal Party2: Bangladesh Nationalist Party Popular Vote2: 2,64,161 Percentage2: 34.66% Mayor Before Election: Atiqul Islam Before Party: Awami League After Election: Atiqul Islam After Party: Awami League Module: Embed: yes Election Name: Council election Election Date: 1 February 2020 72 seats in the Dhaka North City Corporation Nopercentage: yes Party1: Awami League Leader1: Atiqul Islam Seats1: 62 Last Election1: 32 Party2: Bangladesh Nationalist Party Leader2: Tabith Awal Seats2: 2 Last Election2: 2 Party3: Jatiya Party (Ershad) Leader3: — Seats3: 1 Last Election3: 1 Party4: Independent Leader4: — Seats4: 7 Last Election4: 13
Turnout:	25.30 5.75 pp

The 2020 mayoral election of Dhaka North City Corporation was held on 1 February 2020. A total of 6 candidates participated in the election. The result was a victory for the Awami League candidate Atiqul Islam. However, the results were rejected by the main opposition candidate, Tabith Awal of Bangladesh Nationalist Party.^[1]

It was the first major election in Bangladesh conducted entirely using electronic voting machines (EVMs) alongside the 2020 Dhaka South City Corporation election. Previously the country had made only limited use of EVMs. The ruling Awami League supported the adoption of EVMs. BNP and Communist Party of Bangladesh leaders said they feared the machines would be used for vote rigging. One concern expressed was that the machines do not have a voter-verified paper audit trail.^{[2] [3]}

Candidates

The election was mainly contested between candidates of the two major political parties in Bangladesh:

Other minor candidates from smaller parties and independent candidates also participated.

Mayoral election results

Candidate!!Party!!Votes!!Percentage!!+/-

	Atiqul Islam	Bangladesh Awami League	4,47,211	58.67	-30.83
	Tabith Awal	Bangladesh Nationalist Party	2,64,161	34.66	New
style="background-color:"		Sheikh Fazle Bari Masoud	Islami Andolan Bangladesh	28,200	3.70	1.64
	Ahammed Sajedul	Communist Party of Bangladesh	15,122	1.98	New
	Shahin Khan	National People's Party	3,853	0.51	-0.44
	Anisur Rahman Dewan	Progressive Democratic Party	2,111	0.28	-0.64
Rejected ballots			1,530	0.20	-1.79
Majority			1,83,050	24.02	-59.42
Turnout			7,62,188	25.30	-5.75
Total registered voters			30,12,509		0.76
	align=left colspan=2	AL hold		align=left	-32.745

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	Atiqul Islam	72		44	18
	Bangladesh Nationalist Party	Tabith Awal	72		2	0
	Jatiya Party (Ershad)	Didn’t Participate	unknown		1	0
	Independent	unknown			7	0
Total				72	54	18

Notes and References

1. Web site: Atiqul Re Elected as DNCC Mayor. 2 February 2020. Prothom Alo.
2. News: Alamgir . Mohiuddin . 29 January 2020 . First major EVM-only polls: Big test for Election Commission . The Daily Star.
3. News: Analysis: Debates continue over EVM use in Dhaka city election . Daily Sun . UNB . 31 January 2020.