Dhaka North City Corporation

Local governing body of Dhaka North, Bangladesh

Dhaka North City Corporation

ঢাকা উত্তর সিটি কর্পোরেশন

Emblem of the Dhaka North City Corporation

Type
Type|

City Corporation

History
Founded| 1 December 2011; 12 years ago (2011-12-01)
Preceded by| Dhaka City Corporation

New session started

| 19 August 2024
Leadership

Mayor

Vacant
since 19th August 2024

Administrator

Mohammed Mahmudul Hassan
since 20 August 2024

Deputy Mayor

Vacant
since 22 September 2018

Chief Executive Officer

Mir Khairul Alam
since 2 January 2024

Structure
Seats| Vacant seats
1 mayor and 72 councillors

Length of term

| Up to five years
Elections

Voting system

| First past the post

First election

| 30 April 2015

Last election

| 1 February 2020

Next election

| TBD
Meeting place
Nagar Bhaban, 1212, Gulshan Center Point, Dhaka
Website
www.dncc.gov.bd

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) is a self-governing body that governs the municipal areas of Capital Dhaka North Side of Bangladesh. The DNCC government is elected by popular vote every five years. It is headed by a mayor, who presides over 72 councillors.[1]

In 2022, the total population under the jurisdiction of the Dhaka North City Corporation was 59,90,723, which has given the city area a density of 30,531 per kilometer. Annisul Huq was the first mayor of the Dhaka North City Corporation, after being elected in April 2015.[2]

## History

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Dhaka North City Corporation was established on 29 November 2011. Prior to the establishment of the corporation, northern Dhaka was governed by the former Dhaka City Corporation. The Dhaka City Corporation was dissolved by the Local Government (City Corporation) Amendment Bill 2011 on 29 November 2011, passed in the Parliament of Bangladesh, and formally ceased to exist on 1 December 2011, following the President's approval,[3] making way for a Dhaka North and a Dhaka South city corporations.[4] The mayoral elections are non-partisan in nature. The first Dhaka North City Corporation elections were held on 28 April 2015, which saw the victory of Annisul Huq in the first political campaign of his career.[2]

On 9 May 2016, the government approved the expansion of Dhaka North City Corporation's jurisdiction to encompass eight unions: Beraid, Badda, Vatara (or Bhatara), Satarkul, Harirampur, Uttarkhan, Dakshinkhan, and Dumni.[5] This extension increased the area of the city corporation to 197 square kilometres (76 sq mi).[6]

In November 2017, Mayor Huq died on a trip to London, while visiting his daughter. In September previously, the local government ministry announced the creation of a panel of three senior elected councilors who will act as joint mayor while he was hospitalised.[7][8] In February 2019, Awami League candidate Atiqul Islam was elected as the new mayor of DNCC in a by-election.[9]

## Demographics

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Religions in Dhaka North City Corporation (2022)[1]

Religion |  | Percent
Islam |

| 95.99%
Hinduism |

| 3.09%
Christianity |

| 0.75%
Other or not stated |

| 0.17%

According to the 2022 Census of Bangladesh, DNCC had 59,90,723 population living in 16,36,924 households. Among them, 57,50,463 were Muslims, 1,84,881 were Hindus, 44,965 were Christians, 9,068 were Buddhists and 1,346 were Others, including Tribal faiths. There were 15,724 ethnic populations including males and females.[1] DNCC had a sex ratio of 120.21 indicating that there were 120 males for every 100 females.[1]

## Administration

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Dhaka North City Corporation's jurisdiction encompasses 54 wards covering the thanas of Turag, Uttara West, Uttara East, Uttarkhan, Dakshinkhan, Bimanbandar, Khilkhet, Vatara, Badda, Rampura, Hatirjheel, Tejgaon I/A, Tejgaon, Sher-E-Bangla Nagar, Mohammadpur, Adabor, Darussalam, Mirpur, Pallabi, Rupnagar, Shah Ali, Kafrul, Bhashantek, Cantonment, Banani and Gulshan.

## Budget

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Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) has announced a ৳5594 crore (US$470 million) budget for fiscal year of 2024–25.[10]

## Awards

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* National ICT Award, 2017

## List of mayors

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Main article: Mayor of North Dhaka

* Acting Mayor or Administrator

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

|
|
|
|
|
|

Took office | Left office | Time in office
1  |  | Annisul Huq
(1952–2017) | 2015 | 7 May 2015  | 30 November 2017  | 2 years, 207 days  | Bangladesh Awami League | [11]
—  |  | Osman Goni
(1949–2018) | —  | 1 December 2017  | 22 September 2018  | 295 days  | Bangladesh Awami League | [12]
—  |  | Md. Jamal Mostafa  | —  | 22 September 2018  | 6 March 2019  | 165 days  | Bangladesh Awami League | [13]
2  |  | Atiqul Islam | 2019
2020 | 7 March 2019  | 19 August 2024[14] | 5 years, 255 days  | Bangladesh Awami League | [15][16][17]
–  |  | Mohammed Mahmudul Hassan
(Administrator)  | –  | 19 August 2024  | Incumbent  | 90 days  | Independent | [18]

## Deputy mayor

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The deputy mayor (also known as Panel mayor) is a second-ranking official of city corporation. 3 Panel mayors are appointed from the council member to assist the mayor through voting. The 1st panel mayor with the highest number of votes is appointed as deputy mayor or acting mayor. In the absence of the mayor, the deputy mayor controls all functions of the City Corporation. Other 2 Panel mayors also assist mayor and to oversee major offices within the executive branch of the DNCC.

Serial No.  | Post  | Name

|
|

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

## Elections

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### Election result 2020

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Main article: 2020 Dhaka North City Corporation election

Election Results[19] Candidate | Party | Votes | Percentage | +/-

|
|
|
|

| Atiqul Islam | Bangladesh Awami League | 4,47,211 | 58.67 | -30.83
| Tabith Awal | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | 2,64,161 | 34.66 | New
| Sheikh Fazle Bari Masoud | Islami Andolan Bangladesh | 28,200 | 3.70 | 1.64
| Ahammed Sajedul | Communist Party of Bangladesh | 15,122 | 1.98 | New
| Shahin Khan | National People's Party | 3,853 | 0.51 | -0.44
| Anisur Rahman Dewan | Progressive Democratic Party | 2,111 | 0.28 | -0.64
Rejected Ballot  | 1,530 | 0.20 | -1.79
Majority  | 1,83,050 | 24.02 | -59.42
Turnout  | 7,62,188 | 25.30 | -5.75
Total Registered Voters  | 30,12,509 |  |  0.76
| AL Hold  | Swing | -32.745  |

### Election result 2015

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Main article: 2015 Dhaka North City Corporation election

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 | Ganosanhati Andolan | 7,370 | 0.84
| Bahauddin  | 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 candidate | 10,139 | 1.16
Rejected Ballot  | 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[20]

## See also

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* Districts of Bangladesh
* Divisions of Bangladesh
* Upazila

## References

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1. ^ a b c d Population and Housing Census 2022 - District Report: Dhaka (PDF). District Series. Dhaka: Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. June 2024. pp. xiv, 49, 54, 107, 321. ISBN 978-984-475-286-3.
2. ^ a b "Annisul, Khokon win Dhaka city polls". The Daily Star. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
3. ^ "President assents DCC split bill". Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha. 1 December 2011. Archived from the original on 15 April 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
4. ^ "HC to hear plea against DCC appointments Thursday". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
5. ^ "Dhaka City expands by more than double after inclusion of 16 union councils". bdnews24.com. 9 May 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
6. ^ Bird, Julia; Li, Yue; Rahman, Hossain Zillur; Rama, Martin; Venables, Anthony J. (3 July 2018). Toward Great Dhaka: A New Urban Development Paradigm Eastward. Washington, DC: World Bank. doi:10.1596/978-1-4648-1238-5. ISBN 978-1-4648-1238-5.
7. ^ "Govt forms mayoral panel for Dhaka North in absence of Annisul Huq". Bdnews24.com. 5 September 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
8. ^ "Mayor Annisul Huq passes away". The Daily Star. 1 December 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
9. ^ Irani, Bilkis (28 February 2019). "Atiqul elected mayor of Dhaka north, gazette next week". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
10. ^ "DNCC announces 5,269C budget for FY24". Dhaka Tribune. 24 July 2023.
11. ^ শপথ নিলেন তিন মেয়র. Bhorer Kagoj (in Bengali). Retrieved 1 February 2020.
12. ^ ঢাকা উত্তরের প্যানেল মেয়র ওসমান গনি মারা গেছেন. jagonews24.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 1 February 2020.
13. ^ নগরবাসীর মনের মতো নগর চান জামাল মোস্তফা. banglanews24.com (in Bengali). 25 October 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
14. ^ "এবার ঢাকা উত্তর ও দক্ষিণসহ ১২ সিটি করপোরেশনের মেয়রকে অপসারণ". Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 19 August 2024. Archived from the original on 19 August 2024.
15. ^ শপথ নিলেন নবনির্বাচিত মেয়র আতিকুল ইসলাম. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 7 March 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
16. ^ পদত্যাগ করলেন আতিকুল ইসলাম. Bangla Tribune (in Bengali). Retrieved 7 February 2020.
17. ^ দ্বিতীয় মেয়াদে দায়িত্ব নিলেন মেয়র আতিক. Ekushey TV (in Bengali). Retrieved 17 May 2020.
18. ^ ১২ সিটি করপোরেশনে নতুন দায়িত্ব পেলেন যারা. Jugantor (in Bengali). Retrieved 19 August 2024.
19. ^ "Dhaka North City election result". Prothom Alo e-paper. 3 February 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
20. ^ "DNCC Mayor Election Results" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 May 2015.

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