List of mayors of South Dhaka explained

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.

List of officeholders

Political parties
Other factions
Status
PortraitName
ElectionTerm of officePolitical
party
Reference
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
1Sayeed Khokon20155 May 201516 May 2020Bangladesh Awami League[1]
2Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh202016 May 202019 August 2024[2] Bangladesh Awami League[3]
Dr. Ma. Sher Ali
19 August 2024IncumbentIndependent[4]

Elections

Election result 2020

See main article: 2020 Dhaka South City Corporation election.

style=text-align:center colspan="6" Dhaka South Mayoral Election 2020[5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Bangladesh Awami LeagueSheikh Fazle Noor Taposh4,24,59560.76New
Bangladesh Nationalist PartyIshraque Hossain2,36,51233.84New
style="background-color:"Abdur Rahman26,5253.79New
Saifuddin Ahmen Milon5,5930.80New
National People's PartyBahrane Sultan Bahar3,1550.45New
Akhtaruzzaman Alias Ayatullah 2,4210.34New
align=right colspan=3Majority188,083--
align=right colspan=3Turnout7,11,488--
align=right colspan=3Total Registered Voters24,53,194-
align=left colspan=2AL Hold

Election result 2015

See main article: 2015 Dhaka South City Corporation Election.

style=text-align:center colspan="5" Dhaka South Mayoral Election 2015[6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
bgcolor=Bangladesh Awami LeagueSayeed Khokon5,35,29659.12
bgcolor=Bangladesh Nationalist PartyMirza Abbas2,94,29132.50
bgcolor=Islami Andolan BangladeshAbdur Rahman14,7841.63
bgcolor=Jatiya Party (Ershad)Mohammed Saifuddin4,5190.50
align=right colspan=3Invalid40,1304.43
align=right colspan=3Majority2,41,00526.62
align=right colspan=3Turnout9,05,48448.40
align=right colspan=3Total Registered18,70,778
align=left colspan=4AL Gain (New Seat)

Notes and References

  1. News: Awami League-backed Sayeed Khokon emulates father, wins Dhaka South City mayor election . . 29 April 2015 . 28 August 2015.
  2. News: Elected representatives of 12 city corporations removed . . 19 August 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240819101327/https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/news/elected-representatives-12-city-corporations-removed-3681116 . 2024-08-19 . en.
  3. News: bn:ঢাকা দক্ষিণে মেয়রের দায়িত্ব নিলেন তাপস . https://bonikbarta.net/home/news_description/229872/%E0%A6%A2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B7%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A3%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%87%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%B8 . Bonik Barta . bn . 16 May 2020.
  4. Web site: ১২ সিটি করপোরেশনে নতুন দায়িত্ব পেলেন যারা. Jugantor . 19 August 2024.
  5. News: 3 February 2020. Dhaka South City election result. 19 June 2020. Prothom Alo.
  6. Web site: 29 April 2015. Dhaka South Mayor polls result. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150515002622/http://d30fl32nd2baj9.cloudfront.net:80/media/2015/04/29/2-dhaka-south-mayor-result.pdf/BINARY/2-Dhaka-South-Mayor-Result.pdf . 15 May 2015 . 9 July 2020.