2023 Sylhet City Corporation election explained

Election Name:	2023 Sylhet City Corporation election
Country:	Bangladesh
Election Date:	21 June 2023
Previous Election:	2018 Sylhet City Corporation election
Previous Year:	2018
Next Year:	2028
Registered:	4,86,605
Turnout:	46.51% (16.85pp)
Module:	Embed: yes Election Name: Mayoral election Type: presidential Election Date: 21 June 2023 Ongoing: no Nominee1: Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury Party1: Awami League Popular Vote1: 1,19,991 Percentage1: 53.18% Nominee2: Nazrul Islam Babul Party2: Jatiya Party (Ershad) Popular Vote2: 50,862 Percentage2: 22.54% Mayor Before Election: Ariful Haque Choudhury Before Party: Bangladesh Nationalist Party After Election: Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury After Party: Awami League Module: Embed: yes Election Name: Council election Election Date: 21 June 2023 56 seats in the Sylhet City Corporation Nopercentage: yes Party1: Awami League Leader1: Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury Seats1: 41 Last Election1: 19 Party2: Bangladesh Nationalist Party Leader2: Didn't Participate Seats2: 9 Last Election2: 11 Party3: Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Leader3: — Seats3: 6 Last Election3: 2 Party4: Independent Leader4: — Seats4: 0 Last Election4: 4

The 2023 Sylhet City Corporation election is an election in Sylhet, Bangladesh, that was held on 21 June 2023 to elect the next mayor & councillors of Sylhet.^[1] In this election, AL candidate achieved a landslide victory.

Schedule

The schedule of the election was announced by the Election Commission of Bangladesh on 29 March 2023.^[2]

Event	Date	Day
Date of Notification	3 April 2023	Monday
Deadline for submission of nomination paper	23 May 2023
Date for scrutiny of nominations	25 May 2023
Appeal against the nomination paper scrutiny	26-28 May 2023
Appeal resolve	29-31 May 2023
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures	1 June 2023
Symbols distribution	2 June 2023
Date of poll & counting	21 June 2023

Candidates

Mayoral election

A total of 7 candidates were contested for the mayoral post.^[3]

Name	Election Symbol		Party	Ref.
Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury	Nouka (Boat)		Bangladesh Awami League	^[4] ^[5]
Hafiz Maulana Mahmudul Hasan	Hatpakha (Hand fan)		Islami Andolon Bangladesh
Nazrul Islam Babul	Langol (Plough)		Jatiya Party (Ershad)
Zahirul Alam	Golap ful (Rose)		Zaker Party
Abdul Hanif Kutu	Ghora (Horse)		Independent
Chalah Uddin Rimon	Cricket Bat		Independent
Shah Jahan Mia	Bus		Independent

Council election

In Sylhet, 87 candidates were contested for 14 women-reserved seats and 273 were contested for 42 seats of ward councillors.^[6]

Council election Results

Party-wise

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Party		Seats
		Ward Councilors	Reserved Women Councilors	Total Councilors
	Bangladesh Awami League	30	11	41
	Bangladesh Nationalist Party	8	1	9
	Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami	4	2	6
Total		42	14	56

See also

• 2023 elections in Bangladesh

Notes and References

1. News: Polls to 5 city corporations: AL nominates mayoral candidates . . 15 April 2023 . 15 April 2023.
2. News: EC announces polls schedule for five city corporations. 12 October 2019 . Dhaka Tribune . 3 April 2023 . en.
3. News: Campaigns begin in Sylhet as candidates allotted symbols . 25 June 2023 . The Business Standard . 2 June 2023 . en.
4. News: Awami League's contender - JaPa or others?. 12 October 2019 . Prothom Alo . 14 April 2023 . en.
5. News: SCC polls: Mayor, councillor candidates get symbols . 25 June 2023 . . 2 June 2023 . en.
6. News: Symbol allotted among 7 mayoral, 360 councillor candidates. 25 June 2023 . newagebd . 2 June 2023 . en.