2015 Dhaka North City Corporation election

Mayoral election in Bangladesh

2015 Dhaka North City Corporation election

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|  | 30 April 2015 | 2019 ->

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Mayoral election

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Nominee  | Annisul Huq | Tabith Awal  |
Party  | AL | BNP
Popular vote  | 4,60,117 | 3,25,080
Percentage  | 52.6% | 37.16%

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| Mayor before election

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| Elected Mayor

Annisul Huq

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Council election

30 April 2015
48 seats in the Dhaka North City Corporation
| Party | Leader  | Seats  | +/–

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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

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| 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  | %

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| 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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