Post: | Mayor |
Body: | South Dhaka |
Insigniasize: | 150px |
Insigniacaption: | Flag of Mayor of South Dhaka |
Nominator: | Directly elected by popular vote |
Reports To: | Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives |
Inaugural: | Sayeed Khokon |
Incumbent: | Vacant |
Incumbentsince: | 19 August 2024 |
Style: | The Honourable |
Status: | Head of the City |
Type: | Council Leader |
Department: | Dhaka South City Corporation |
Member Of: | Dhaka South City Corporation |
Seat: | Nagar Bhaban |
Termlength: | Five years, renewable |
Deputy: | Panel Mayor |
Salary: | ৳ 102,000 Monthly (US$) ৳ 12,24,000 annually (US$) |
Precursor: | Mayor of Dhaka |
The mayor of South Dhaka is the chief executive of the Dhaka South City Corporation. The Mayor's office administers all city services, public property, most public agencies, and enforces all city and state laws within Dhaka south city.
The Mayor's office is located in Nagar Bhaban; it has jurisdiction over all 75 wards of Dhaka South City.
Portrait | Name | Election | Term of office | Political party | Reference | ||||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||
1 | Sayeed Khokon | 2015 | 5 May 2015 | 16 May 2020 | Bangladesh Awami League | [1] | |||
2 | Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh | 2020 | 16 May 2020 | 19 August 2024[2] | Bangladesh Awami League | [3] | |||
– | Dr. Ma. Sher Ali | – | 19 August 2024 | Incumbent | Independent | [4] |
See main article: 2020 Dhaka South City Corporation election.
style=text-align:center colspan="6" | Dhaka South Mayoral Election 2020[5] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
Bangladesh Awami League | Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh | 4,24,595 | 60.76 | New | ||
Bangladesh Nationalist Party | Ishraque Hossain | 2,36,512 | 33.84 | New | ||
style="background-color:" | Abdur Rahman | 26,525 | 3.79 | New | ||
Saifuddin Ahmen Milon | 5,593 | 0.80 | New | |||
National People's Party | Bahrane Sultan Bahar | 3,155 | 0.45 | New | ||
Akhtaruzzaman Alias Ayatullah | 2,421 | 0.34 | New | |||
align=right colspan=3 | Majority | 188,083 | - | - | ||
align=right colspan=3 | Turnout | 7,11,488 | - | - | ||
align=right colspan=3 | Total Registered Voters | 24,53,194 | - | |||
align=left colspan=2 | AL Hold |
See main article: 2015 Dhaka South City Corporation Election.
style=text-align:center colspan="5" | Dhaka South Mayoral Election 2015[6] | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
bgcolor= | Bangladesh Awami League | Sayeed Khokon | 5,35,296 | 59.12 | |
bgcolor= | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | Mirza Abbas | 2,94,291 | 32.50 | |
bgcolor= | Islami Andolan Bangladesh | Abdur Rahman | 14,784 | 1.63 | |
bgcolor= | Jatiya Party (Ershad) | Mohammed Saifuddin | 4,519 | 0.50 | |
align=right colspan=3 | Invalid | 40,130 | 4.43 | ||
align=right colspan=3 | Majority | 2,41,005 | 26.62 | ||
align=right colspan=3 | Turnout | 9,05,484 | 48.40 | ||
align=right colspan=3 | Total Registered | 18,70,778 | |||
align=left colspan=4 | AL Gain (New Seat) |