The 2018 Sylhet City Corporation election was a local government election in the city of Sylhet, Bangladesh, held on 30 July 2018 to elect the Mayor of Sylhet and the Sylhet City Council. The election resulted in a victory for the Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate Ariful Haque Choudhury. In the 36-member City Council, the Awami League won 19 seats, while the Bangladesh Nationalist Party won 11 seats, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami won 2 seats, and independents won 4 seats.[1]
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| Registered | 318,138 ( 9.31 pp) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 63.36% ( 1.70 pp) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 30 July 2018 36 seats in the Sylhet City Corporation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mayoral election results
edit| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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| Ariful Haque Choudhury | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | 92,588 | 47.74 | |
| Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran | Bangladesh Awami League | 86,392 | 44.54 | |
| Ehsanul Mahbub Jubayer | Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami | 10,954 | 5.65 | |
| Moazzem Hossain | Islami Andolan Bangladesh | 2,195 | 1.13 | |
| Md. Abu Jafar | Socialist Party of Bangladesh | 909 | 0.47 | |
| Badruzzaman Salim | Independent | 592 | 0.31 | |
| Ehsanul Haque Taher | Independent | 314 | 0.16 | |
| Total | 193,944 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 193,944 | 96.21 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 7,633 | 3.79 | ||
| Total votes | 201,577 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 318,138 | 63.36 | ||
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Council election results
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| Party | Seats | |||
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| Ward Councilors | Reserved Women Councilors | Total Councilors | ||
| Bangladesh Awami League | 14 | 5 | 19 | |
| Bangladesh Nationalist Party | 9 | 2 | 11 | |
| Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami | 2 | — | 2 | |
| Independent | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Total | 27 | 9 | 36 | |
References
edit- ↑ "Sylhet mayor resumes office". newagebd.net. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
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