Chattogram City Corporation

Local governing body of Chattogram, Bangladesh

Chattogram City Corporation

চট্টগ্রাম সিটি কর্পোরেশন

Emblem of the Chattogram City Corporation

Type
Type|

City Corporation

Term limits

| 5 years
History
Founded| September 1989; 34 years ago (1989-09)
Preceded by| Chattogram Municipality

New session started

| 15 February 2021
(Oath taken on 11 February 2021)
Leadership

Mayor

Vacant
since 19 August 2024

Administrator

Md. Tofayel Islam
since 19 August 2024

Deputy Mayor

Vacant
since 19 August 2024

Chief Executive Officer

Sheikh Muhammad Tauhidul Islam
since 19 August 2024

Structure
Seats| 1 mayor and 55 councillors
Elections

Voting system

| First past the post

First election

| 30 January 1994

Last election

| 27 January 2021

Next election

| January 2026
Meeting place
Nagar Bhaban, Chattogram
Website
www.ccc.gov.bd

Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) is a self-governing body that governs the municipal areas of Chattogram and some adjoining areas of south-eastern Bangladesh. The CCC government is elected by popular vote every five years.

## Administration

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The CCC is divided into 16 thanas: Akbarshah, Bakoliya, Bandar, Bayazid, Chandgaon, Double Mooring, Halishahar, Khulshi, Kotwali, Pahartali, Panchlaish, Patenga, Chawkbazar, Sadarghat, EPZ, and Karnaphuli. The thanas are subdivided into 41 wards and 211 mahallas. The CCC also administers a portion of adjoining Hathazari Upazila.[1]

## Services

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The CCC is responsible for administering and providing basic infrastructure to the city.

* Evict illegal installations.
* Purify and supply water.
* Treat and dispose of contaminated water and sewage.
* Eliminate waterlogging.
* Solid waste management and street cleaning.
* Management of the hospital and dispensary.
* Construction and maintenance of roads.
* Installation of electric street lights.
* Establish car parking.
* Maintenance of parks and playgrounds.
* Maintenance of cemeteries and crematoriums.
* Preparation of birth and death registration certificates.
* Preserving the traditional place.
* Disease control, immunization.
* Establishment of city corporation schools and colleges.

## Budget

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Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) Mayor Rezaul Karim Chowdhury on 22 June 2023 announced his 3rd budget of Tk1,887 corer for 2023-24 fiscal year.

## Ward and councillor list

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Ward serial of CCC #  | Ward  | Councillor  | Party

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|
|

1  | South Pahartali | Gazi Shafiul Azim  |  | Awami League
2  | Jalalabad | Md. Shahed Iqbal Babu |  | Independent politician
3  | Panchlaish | Md. Shafiqul Islam  |  | Independent politician
4  | Chandgaon | Esrarul Haque Esral  |  | Independent politician
5  | Mohra | Kazi Nurul Amin Mamun  |  | Awami League
6  | East Sholashahar | M. Ashraful Alam  |  | Awami League
7  | West Sholashahar | Mobarak Ali |  | Awami League
8  | Sholokbahar | Md. Morshed Alam  |  | Awami League
9  | North Pahartali | Zahurul Alam Jashim |  | Independent politician
10  | North Kattali | Nishar Uddin Ahmed Monju |  | Awami League
11  | South Kattali | Mohammad Ismail |  | Awami League
12  | Saraipara | Md. Nurul Amin |  | Awami League
13  | Pahartali | Wasim Uddin Chowdhury |  | Awami League
14  | Lalkhan Bazar | Abul Hasnat Md. Belal |  | Awami League
15  | Bagmaniram | Mohammad Gias Uddin  |  | Awami League
16  | Chawkbazar | Nur Mustafa Tinu |  | Awami League
17  | West Bakalia | Mohammad Shahidul Alam  |  | Awami League
18  | East Bakalia | Mohammad Harun Ur Rashid  |  | Awami League
19  | South Bakalia | Md. Nurul Alam Mia  |  | Awami League
20  | Dewan Bazar | Chowdhury Hasan Mahmud Hasni |  | Awami League
21  | Jamal khan | Shaibal Das Suman |  | Awami League
22  | Enayet Bazar | Mohammad Salim Ullah  |  | Awami League
23  | North Pathantooly | Mohammad Javed  |  | Awami League
24  | North Agrabad | Nazmul Hoque Duke |  | Awami League
25  | Rampur | Abdus Sabur Liton |  | Awami League
26  | North Halishahar | Lion Mohammad Iliyas |  | Independent politician
27  | South Agrabad | Sheikh Jafrul Haider Chowdhury  |  | Awami League
28  | Pathantooly | Nazrul Islam Bahadur  |  | Awami League
29  | West Madarbari | Golam Mohammad Jobayer  |  | Awami League
30  | East Madarbari | Ataullah Chowdhury  |  | Awami League
31  | Alkaran | Abdus Salam Masum  |  | Awami League
32  | Andarkilla | Jahar lal Hazari  |  | Awami League
33  | Firingee Bazar | Hasan Murad Biplob |  | Independent politician
34  | Patharghata | Pulak Khastagir  |  | Awami League
35  | Boxirhat | Haji Nurul Haque  |  | Awami League
36  | Gosaildanga | Mohammad Morshed Ali  |  | Independent politician
37  | North Middle Halishahar | Mohammad Abdul Mannan  |  | Independent politician
38  | South Middle Halishahar | Golam Mohammad Chowdhury  |  | Awami League
39  | South Halishahar | Ziaul Haque Sumon  |  | Awami League
40  | North Patenga | Abdul Barek  |  | Awami League
41  | South Patenga | Saleh Ahmad Chowdhury  |  | Awami League
Reserved Women’s Councillor
42  | Reserved women's seat-1  | Ferdous Begum Munni  |  | Independent politician
43  | Reserved women's seat-2  | Zobaira Nargis Khan  |  | Awami League
44  | Reserved women's seat-3  | Jasmin Parveen Jessie  |  | Independent politician
45  | Reserved women's seat-4  | Taslima Begum  |  | Awami League
46  | Reserved women's seat-5  | Anjuman Ara  |  | Independent politician
47  | Reserved women's seat-6  | Shaheen Akhtar Rozi  |  | Awami League
48  | Reserved women's seat-7  | Rumki Sengupta  |  | Awami League
49  | Reserved women's seat-8  | Nilu Nag  |  | Awami League
50  | Reserved women's seat-9  | Zaheda Begum Poppy  |  | Independent politician
51  | Reserved women's seat-10  | Hurray Ara Begum  |  | Awami League
52  | Reserved women's seat-11  | Ferdowsi Akbar  |  | Independent politician
53  | Reserved women's seat-12  | Afroza Jahoor  |  | Awami League
54  | Reserved women's seat-13  | Lutfunnesa Dobash Baby  |  | Awami League
55  | Reserved women's seat-14  | Shahanur Begum  |  | Awami League

## Deputy mayors

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Mayor Rezaul Karim Chowdhury Panle:

Serial No.  | Post  | Name

|
|

01  | Panel Mayor 1  | Vacant
02  | Panel Mayor 2  | Vacant
03  | Panel Mayor 3  | Vacant

## Committees

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Standing Committee of Chattogram City Corporation.

Serial No.  | Committee  | Chairman

|
|

01  | Finance and Infrastructure  | Mohammad Ismail
02  | Education  | Nishar Uddin Ahmed Monju
03  | Health and Family Welfare  | Jahar lal Hazari
04  | Waste Management  | Mohammad Mubarak Ali
05  | Urban Planning  | Md. Wasim Uddin Chowdhury
06  | Construction of Urban Infrastructure  | Gazi Shafiul Azim
07  | Operation and Maintenance  | Abul Hasnat Md. Belal
08  | Youth and Sports  | Ataullah Chowdhury
09  | Environment, Forest and Climate Change  | Shaibal Das Suman
10  | Law and Order Affairs  | Nazmul Hoque Duke
11  | Communications and Information  | Abdul Barek
12  | Birth and Death Registration  | Lion Mohammad Iliyas
13  | Accounting and Auditing  | Mohammad Nurul Amin
14  | Social Welfare and Community Centers  | Mohammad Abdus Salam Masum
15  | Market Pricing  | Abdul Mannan
16  | Disaster Management  | Mohammad Salim Ullah Bachchu
17  | Poverty Alleviation  | Zahurul Alam Jashim
18  | Water and Electricity  | Md. Morshed Alam
19  | Women and Children Affairs  | Jasmine Parveen Jessie

## List of mayors

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Main article: Mayor of Chattogram

Status

Acting Mayor and Administrator

No. | Portrait  | Name
(Birth–Death) | Election  | Term of office | Political
party | Reference

|
|
|
|
|
|

Took office | Left office | Time in office
1  |  | Mahmudul Islam Chowdhury | –  | 30 September 1989  | 4 December 1990  | 1 year, 65 days  | Jatiya Party (Ershad) |
–  |  | M. A. Bari (Divisional Commissioner)  | –  | 13 December 1990  | 11 May 1991  | 149 days  | Independent |
2  |  | Mir Mohammad Nasiruddin | –  | 12 May 1991  | 20 December 1993  | 2 years, 222 days  | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
–  |  | Omar Farooq (Divisional Commissioner)  | –  | 21 December 1993  | 10 March 1994  | 79 days  | Independent |
3  |  | A. B. M. Mohiuddin Chowdhury
(1944–2017)  | 1994
2000
2005 | 11 March 1994  | 1 February 2010  | 15 years, 327 days  | Bangladesh Awami League | [2][3]
4  |  | M. Manjur Alam | 2010 | 10 June 2010  | 6 May 2015  | 4 years, 330 days  | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | [4]
5  |  | A. J. M. Nasir Uddin | 2015 | 7 May 2015  | 4 August 2020  | 5 years, 89 days  | Bangladesh Awami League | [5][6]
–  |  | Mohammed Khorshed Alam Sujon
(Administrator)  | –  | 5 August 2020  | 6 February 2021  | 185 days  | Bangladesh Awami League |
6  |  | Rezaul Karim Chowdhury | 2021 | 15 February 2021  | 19 August 2024  | 3 years, 217 days  | Bangladesh Awami League | [7][8]
–  |  | Md. Tofayel Islam
(Administrator)  | –  | 19 August 2024  | Incumbent  | 1 day  | Independent | [9]

## Elections

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### Election result 2021

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Main article: 2021 Chattogram City Corporation election

Chattogram Mayoral Election 2021  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

|
|
|
|

| AL | Rezaul Karim Chowdhury | 3,69,248  | 84.79  | N/A
| BNP | Dr. Shahadat Hossain  | 52,489  | 12.05  | N/A
| IAB | Md. Jannatul Islam  | 4,980  | 1.14  | N/A
| BIF | M.A Matin  | 2,126  | 0.49  | N/A
| Islamic Front | Muhammad Waheed Murad  | 1,109  | 0.25  | N/A
Majority  | 3,16,759  | 72.74  |
Turnout | 4,36,543  | 22.52  |
Registered electors | 19,38,706  |  |
| AL hold

### Election result 2015

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Main article: 2015 Chattogram City Corporation election

Chattogram Mayoral Election 2015  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

|
|
|
|

| AL | A J M Nasir Uddin | 4,75,361  | 57.87  | N/A
| BNP | M. Manjur Alam | 3,04,837  | 37.11  | N/A
| BIF | M.A Mannan  | 11,655  | 1.42  | N/A
| IAB | Wazed Hossain  | 9,868  | 1.18  | N/A
| JP(E) | Solayman Alam Sheth  | 6,131  | 0.75  | N/A
Majority  | 1,70,524  | 20.76  |
Turnout | 8,68,664  | 47.90  |
Registered electors | 18,13,600  |  |
| AL gain from BNP

### Election result 2010

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Main article: 2010 Chattogram City Corporation election

Chattogram Mayoral Election 2010  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

|
|
|
|

| BNP | M. Manjur Alam | 4,79,145  | 54.20  | N/A
| AL | A. B. M. Mohiuddin Chowdhury | 3,83,617  | 43.40  | N/A
| Independent | Mofazzal Hossain  | 8,813  | 1.00  | N/A
| IAB | Rafiq Islam  | 6,521  | 0.74  | N/A
| JP(E) | Solayman Alam Sheth  | 2,083  | 0.24  | N/A
Majority  | 95,528  | 10.8  |
Turnout | 8,85,065  | 52.25  |
Registered electors | 16,93,954  |  |
| BNP gain from AL

### Election result 2005

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Main article: 2005 Chattogram City Corporation election

Chattogram Mayoral Election 2005  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

|
|
|
|

| AL | A. B. M. Mohiuddin Chowdhury | 3,50,891  |  | N/A
| BNP | Mir Mohammad Nasiruddin | 2,59,410  |  | N/A
Majority  | 91,481  |  |
Turnout | 6,10,301  |  |
| AL hold

## List of wards by thana/upazila

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* Hathazari Upazila \- ward No. 01 (part)
* Bayazid \- ward No. 02
* Chandgaon \- ward No. 04, 05, 06
* Panchlaish \- ward No. 01(part), 02, 03, 07, 08 (part), 15 (part), 16 (part)
* Akbarsha - ward No. 10
* Pahartali \- ward No. 09 (part),11 (part), 12 (part)
* Khulshi \- ward No. 08 (part), 09 (part), 13, 14
* Bakoliya \- ward No. 17, 18, 19, 35 (part)
* Kotwali \- ward No. 20, 21, 22, 30 (part), 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 (part), 15 (part), 16 (part)
* Halishahar \- ward No. 11 (part), 24 (part), 25, 26
* Double Mooring \- ward No.12 (part), 23, 24 (part), 27, 28, 29, 30 (part), 36 (part)
* Bandar \- ward No. 36 (part), 37, 38, 39 (part)
* Patenga \- ward No. 39 (part), 40, 41.

## References

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1. ^ Palit, Tapan (2012). "Chittagong City Corporation". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
2. ^ "It's Mohiuddin Again". The Daily Star. 13 May 2005. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
3. ^ "Opposition win in Chittagong poll". BBC News.
4. ^ মনজুর আলম বেসরকারিভাবে চট্টগ্রামের মেয়র নির্বাচিত. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 1 January 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
5. ^ "AL-backed AJM Nasir Uddin leads in Chittagong City Corporation mayoral polls". The Daily Observer. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
6. ^ "Nasir Uddin new mayor of Chittagong". Risingbd.com. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
7. ^ "Rezaul Karim Chowdhury wins CCC Mayoral polls". New Age. 28 January 2021.
8. ^ "Rezaul Karim Elected Chittagong City Mayor". Dhaka Tribune. 28 January 2021.
9. ^ "১২ সিটি করপোরেশনে নতুন দায়িত্ব পেলেন যারা". Jugantor. Retrieved 19 August 2024.

## External links

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* Official website of Chattogram City Corporation

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