Local elections in Bangladesh from 2024 to 2029 includes elections to the city corporation, district chairmen election, sub-district chairmen election and union council elections in several municipalities and local bodies.
| Election Name: | Local elections in Bangladesh |
| Country: | Bangladesh |
| Ongoing: | yes |
| Previous Year: | 2018-2023 |
| Election Date: | 2024–2029 |
| Next Election: | 2029–2034 Bangladeshi local elections |
| Next Year: | 2029–2034 |
| Previous Election: | 2018-2023 Bangladeshi local elections |
| Date | City Corporation | Mayor before election | Party before election | Elected Mayor | Party after election | Council after election | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 March 2024 | Mymensingh | Ekramul Haque Titu | Ekramul Haque Titu | ALBNPJSD | [1] | ||||
| 9 March 2024 | Comilla | Arfanul Haque Rifat | Tahseen Bahar Shuchona | ALBNPJamaatIndependent | [2] | ||||
See main article: 2024–25 Bangladeshi upazila elections.
The subdistrict council elections will be held in 5 phases. Four of them took place in 2024. The 5th phase of the local government election will be held in January 2025.[3]
| Awami League | Sheikh Hasina | 492 | 87 | [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] | ||
| Jatiya Party (Ershad) | GM Quader | 36 | 4 | |||
| Bangladesh Nationalist Party(expelled members) | Khaleda Zia | 73(expelled members) | 20 | |||
| Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal | Hasanul Haq Inu | 3 | 1 | |||
| Jatiya Party (Manju) | Anwar Hossain Manju | 1 | 0 | |||
| Krishak Sramik Janata League | Abdul Kader Siddique | 1 | 1 | |||
| Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti(regional) | Jyotirindra Bodhipriya Larma | 35 | 4 | |||
| United People's Democratic Front(regional) | Prasit Bikash Khisha | 26 | 5 | |||
| Independents | No Information | 125 | ||||
The first phase of sub-district elections was held on 8 May 2024. Chairmen competition was between of 139 seats.[12] A low voter turnout of 36% was seen in election.[13]
| Awami League | Sheikh Hasina | [14] | ||
| Jatiya Party (Ershad) | GM Quader | |||
| Bangladesh Nationalist Party(expelled members) | Khaleda Zia | |||
| Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti(regional) | Jyotirindra Bodhipriya Larma | |||
| Independents | ||||
The second phase of sub-district elections was held on 21 May 2024. Chairmen competition was between of 156 seats. A low voter turnout of 37.67% was seen in election.[15]
| Awami League | Sheikh Hasina | [16] | ||
| Jatiya Party (Ershad) | GM Quader | |||
| Bangladesh Nationalist Party(expelled members) | Khaleda Zia | |||
| Jatiya Party (Manju) | Anwar Hossain Manju | |||
| Krishak Sramik Janata League | Abdul Kader Siddique | |||
| Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti(regional) | Jyotirindra Bodhipriya Larma | |||
| United People's Democratic Front(regional) | Prasit Bikash Khisha | |||
| Independents | ||||
The third phase of sub-district elections was held on 23 May 2024. Chairmen competition was between of 112 seats A low voter turnout of 35% was seen in election.[17]
| Awami League | Sheikh Hasina | [18] [19] [20] | ||
| Jatiya Party (Ershad) | GM Quader | |||
| Bangladesh Nationalist Party(expelled members) | Khaleda Zia | |||
| Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal | Hasanul Haq Inu | |||
| Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti(regional) | Jyotirindra Bodhipriya Larma | |||
| United People's Democratic Front(regional) | Prasit Bikash Khisha | |||
| Independents | ||||
The forth phase of sub-district elections was held on 5 June 2024. Chairmen competition was between of 60 seats A low voter turnout of 34.33% was seen in election.[21]
| Awami League | Sheikh Hasina | [22] | ||
| Bangladesh Nationalist Party(expelled members) | Khaleda Zia | |||
| Independents | ||||
BNP and its like minded parties boycotted the sub-district elections saying that they will not go in election under a autocracy government.[23] However, despite the boycott some party members from BNP contested in election. In result BNP expelled 73 members who were participating in the election. Other party like Jatiya Party (Ershad) and Awami League allied parties also showed no interest in participating in the election. Leading the sub-district election be a more of a competition between Awami League candidates.[24]
Many top Awami League ministers and party lawmakers was accused of nepotism for announcing the names of their close relatives as chairman candidates for the upazila polls.[25] Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader concerned over nepotism among AL candidates.[26] Many AL ministers was accused of threatening their opposition candidates or the people of sub-district.[27]
Many candidates supporters had clash with each other in the name of vote rigging.[28] Several people were injured and some were considered dead during the brutal violence.[29] [30] Most of those violence was accused of done by Awami League candidates in the fear of losing.[31]
The sub-district election saw the lowest vote turnout in last 16 years.[32] Around all phases was having a turnout of 30-40%. 2nd phase of sub-district had the most vote turnout of only 37.67%. According to the Chief Election Commissioner, the vote turnout is low due to a "lack of widespread political participation".[33]