2023 Khulna City Corporation election explained

Election Name:	2023 Khulna City Corporation election
Country:	Bangladesh
Election Date:	12 June 2023
Previous Election:	2018 Khulna City Corporation election
Previous Year:	2018
Next Year:	2028
Registered:	535,528
Module:	Embed: yes Election Name: Mayoral election Type: presidential Election Date: 12 June 2023 Turnout: 47.88% Nominee1: Talukder Abdul Khaleque Party1: Awami League Popular Vote1: 1,54,825 Percentage1: 60.38% Nominee2: Abdul Awal Party2: Islami Andolan Bangladesh Popular Vote2: 60,064 Percentage2: 23.42% Mayor Before Election: Talukder Abdul Khaleque Before Party: Awami League After Election: Talukder Abdul Khaleque After Party: Awami League Module: Embed: yes Election Name: Council election Election Date: 12 June 2023 41 seats in the Khulna City Corporation Nopercentage: yes Party1: Awami League Leader1: Talukder Abdul Khaleque Seats1: 39 Last Election1: 18 Party2: Bangladesh Nationalist Party Leader2: didn’t Contested Seats2: 0 Last Election2: 9 Party3: Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Leader3: — Seats3: 1 Last Election3: 0 Party4: Independent Leader4: — Seats4: 1 Last Election4: 6

The 2023 Khulna City Corporation election was an election in Khulna, Bangladesh, to held on 12 June 2023 to elect the next mayor & councillors of Khulna.^[1] A total of 535,528 people cast their votes 1,732 polling booths under 289 polling stations in Khulna City Corporation election.^[2]

Schedule

The schedule of the election was announced by the Election Commission of Bangladesh on 29 March 2023.^[3]

Event	Date	Day
Date of Notification	3 April 2023	Monday
Deadline for submission of nomination paper	16 May 2023
Date for scrutiny of nominations	18 May 2023
Appeal against the nomination paper scrutiny	19–21 May 2023
Appeal resolve	22–24 May 2023
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures	25 May 2023
Symbols distribution	26 May 2023
Date of poll & counting	12 June 2023

Candidates

Mayoral election

A total of 5 candidates were contested for the mayoral post.

Name	Election Symbol		Party	Ref.
Talukder Abdul Khaleque	Nouka (Boat)		Bangladesh Awami League	^[4] ^[5]
Abdul Awal	Hatpakha (Hand fan)		Islami Andolon Bangladesh
Shafiqul Islam Madhu	Langol (Plough)		Jatiya Party (Ershad)
SM Sabbir Hossain	Golap ful (Rose)		Zaker Party

Council election

Total of 134 and 39 were contested for 31 general and 10 reserved (women) seats in the city council, respectively.

Results

Results by party

Talukder Abdul Khaleque was elected as mayor of the Khulna City Corporation by defeating Islami Andolan candidate Abdul Awal.^[6]

See also

• 2023 elections in Bangladesh

Notes and References

1. News: Polls to 5 city corporations: AL nominates mayoral candidates . . 15 April 2023 . 4 May 2023.
2. News: Voting begins in Barishal, Khulna city polls. 22 June 2023 . The Daily Star . 12 June 2023 . en.
3. News: EC announces polls schedule for five city corporations. 12 October 2019 . Dhaka Tribune . 3 April 2023 . en.
4. News: Awami League's contender - JaPa or others?. 12 October 2019 . Prothom Alo . 14 April 2023 . en.
5. News: KCC polls: symbols distributed among candidates. 22 June 2023 . Dhaka Tribune . 26 May 2023 . en.
6. News: Awami League candidates Khokon, Khaleque win mayoral polls to Barishal, Khulna . 22 June 2023 . bdnews24.com. 12 June 2023 . en.