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2015 Dhaka North City Corporation election

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2015 Dhaka North City Corporation election
30 April 2015 2019 →
Mayoral election
 
Nominee Annisul Huq Tabith Awal
Party AL BNP
Popular vote 4,60,117 3,25,080
Percentage 52.6% 37.16%
Mayor before election

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 Elected Mayor

Annisul Huq
AL

Council election
30 April 2015
48 seats in the Dhaka North City Corporation
Party Leader Seats +/–
AL Annisul Huq 32 +32
BNP Tabith Awal 2 +2
JP(E) Bahauddin Ahmed 1 +1
Independent — 13 +13
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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The 2015 election for mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation was held on 30 April 2015. A total of 16 candidates participated in the election. The result was a victory for the Awami League candidate Annisul Huq, who received a 135,037-vote majority. However, the results were rejected by main opposition candidate, Tabith Awal of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.[1] The candidates got neutral symbol on this election.

Candidates

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Candidate Party Symbol
Annisul Huq Awami League Table clock
Tabith Awal Bangladesh Nationalist Party Bus
Bahauddin Ahmed Sarkar Jatiya Party Elephant


Mayoral election results

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Candidate Party Votes %
Annisul Huq Awami League 460,117 52.61
Tabith Awal Bangladesh Nationalist Party 325,080 37.17
Fazle Bari Masoud Islami Andolan Bangladesh 18,050 2.06
Mahi B. Chowdhury Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh 13,407 1.53
Zonayed Saki Ganosamhati Andolan 7,370 0.84
Bahauddin Ahmed Jatiya Party (Ershad) 2,950 0.34
Abdullah Al Kafi Communist Party of Bangladesh 2,475 0.28
Nader Chowdhury Jatiyo Samajtantrik Dal 1,412 0.16
8 other candidates 10,139 1.16
Rejected ballots 33,581 3.84
Majority 135,037 15.44
Turnout 874,581 37.30
Registered voters 2,344,900
AL gain (new seat)
Source: BDN News 24[2]

Council election results

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Party-wise

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2015 DNCC council election results (party-wise)
Party Leader Councilor contested seats Councilor elected in Seats Ward Councilors Reserved Women Councilors
Bangladesh Awami League Annisul Huq 48
32 / 48
 21 11
Bangladesh Nationalist Party Tabith Awal 48
2 / 48
 2 0
Jatiya Party (Ershad) Bahauddin Ahmed unknown
1 / 48
 1 0
Independent unknown
13 / 48
 12 1
Total 48 36 12

References

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  1. ^ "Annisul declared DNCC mayor | banglanews24.com". banglanews24.com. 2015-04-28. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
  2. ^ "DNCC Mayor Election Results" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 May 2015.
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