2023 Gazipur City Corporation election

2023 Gazipur City Corporation election

25 May 2023
Registered	11,79,486
Turnout	48.75%( 8.3pp)
Mayoral election
25 May 2023
Nominee Jayeda Khatun Azmat Ullah Khan Party Independent AL Popular vote 2,38,934 2,22,736 Percentage 41.68% 38.85%
Mayor before election Asadur Rahman Kiron AL Elected Mayor Jayeda Khatun Independent
Council election
25 May 2023 76 seats in the Gazipur City Corporation
Party Leader Seats +/– AL Azmat Ullah Khan 61 +13 BNP Didn't contest 15 −4 JP(E) Niaz Uddin 0 −2 WPB — 0 −1 Independent — 0 −6 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

The 2023 Gazipur City Corporation election is a Bangladeshi local governmental election being held on 25 May 2023. The City Corporation elections are held every five years, and this was the third of its kind in Gazipur. A total of 8 candidates contested for the mayoral post, and 246 and 79 contesting for 57 general and 19 reserved (women) seats in the city council, respectively.^[1]

Candidates

Mayoral election

Candidate	Election symbol		Party	Ref.
Azmat Ullah Khan	Nouka (Boat)		Awami League	[2][3]
Gazi Ataur Rahman	Hatpakha (Hand fan)		Islami Andolon Bangladesh
MM Niaz Uddin	Langol (Plough)		Jatiya Party (Ershad)
Atiqul Islam	Machh (Fish)		Gano Front
Raju Ahmed	Golap ful (Rose)		Zaker Party
Jayeda Khatun	Tebil ghori (Table clock)		Independent
Sarkar Shah Nur Islam	Hati (Elephant)		Independent
Harun-or-Rashid	Ghora (Horse)		Independent

Schedule

Election schedule[4]
3 April	Date of notification
27 April	Deadline for filling nomination
30 April	Scrutiny
2–4 May	Period of appeal against scrutiny
5–7 May	Appeal resolve
8 May	Withdrawal deadline
9 May	Symbol distribution
9–23 May	Period of official campaign
25 May	Election & counting

Mayoral election results

Jayeda Khatun was elected as mayor of the Gazipur City Corporation by defeating Awami League candidate Azmat Ullah Khan.^[5][6][7]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Jayeda Khatun	Independent	238,934	41.68
	Azmat Ullah Khan	Bangladesh Awami League	222,736	38.85
	Gazi Ataur Rahman	Islami Andolan Bangladesh	45,352	7.91
	Sarkar Shah Nur Islam	Independent	23,265	4.06
	Atiqul Islam	Gano Front	16,974	2.96
	MM Niaz Uddin	Jatiya Party (Ershad)	16,382	2.86
	Raju Ahmed	Zaker Party	7,206	1.26
	Harun-or-Rashid	Independent	2,426	0.42
Total			573,275	100.00
Valid votes			573,275	99.69
Invalid/blank votes			1,775	0.31
Total votes			575,050	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,179,486	48.75

Council election results

Party-wise

2023 GCC council election results (party-wise)

Party		Seats
		Ward Councilors	Reserved Women Councilors	Total Councilors
	Bangladesh Awami League	44	17	61
	Bangladesh Nationalist Party	13	2	15
Total		57	19	76

See also

• 2023 elections in Bangladesh

Notes

References

1. "Polls to 5 city corporations: AL nominates mayoral candidates". The Daily Star. 15 April 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
2. "12 mayoral candidates submit nomination papers". Prothom Alo. 28 April 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
3. "GCC polls: EC starts allocating electoral symbols to candidates". Dhaka Tribune. 9 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
4. "EC announces polls schedule for five city corporations". Dhaka Tribune. 3 April 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
5. "Gazipur City polls: Zayda Khatun sent show cause notice over violation of code of conduct". The Business Standard. 2023-05-12. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
6. "Zayeda Khatun pulls off surprise win in Gazipur mayoral race". Dhaka Tribune. 2023-05-26. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
7. "Zayeda elected Gazipur city mayor". New Age. Retrieved 2023-05-25.