2015 Chattogram City Corporation election

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2015 Chattogram City Corporation election
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Turnout47.90 Increase 5.06 pp
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Candidate A J M Nasir Uddin Mohammad Manjur Alam
Party Awami League BNP
Popular vote 475,361 304,837
Percentage 57.87% 37.11%
Mayor before election

Mohammad Manjur Alam
BNP

Elected Mayor

A J M Nasir Uddin
Bangladesh Awami League

The 2015 Chattogram City Corporation election was held on 30 April 2015. A total of 12 candidates ran for mayor. The result was a victory for the Awami League candidate A J M Nasir Uddin. However, the results were rejected by main opposition candidate, Mohammad Manjur Alam of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.[1][2]

Results[]

CandidatePartyVotes%
A J M Nasir UddinAwami League475,36157.87
Mohammad Manjur AlamBangladesh Nationalist Party304,83737.11
M A MatinBangladesh Islami Front11,6551.42
Wazez Hossain BhuyiaIndependent9,6681.18
Solayman Alam ShethIndependent6,1310.75
Mohammed Mujibul HoqueIndependent4,2150.51
Saifuddin AhmedIndependent2,6610.32
Alauddin ChowdhuryIndependent2,1590.26
Arif MoinuddinIndependent1,7740.22
Abul Kalam AzadIndependent1,3850.17
Sazzad ZohaIndependent8450.10
Safiul AlamIndependent6800.08
Total821,371100.00
Valid votes821,37194.56
Invalid/blank votes47,2925.44
Total votes868,663100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,813,44947.90
Source: BD News 24

References[]

  1. ^ "AL-backed AJM Nasir Uddin leads in Chittagong City Corporation mayoral polls". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Nasir takes over as CCC mayor". NTVBD. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
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