2023 Khulna City Corporation election

The 2023 Khulna City Corporation election was an election in Khulna, Bangladesh, to held on 12 June 2023 to elect the next mayor & councillors of Khulna.[1] A total of 535,528 people cast their votes 1,732 polling booths under 289 polling stations in Khulna City Corporation election.[2]

2023 Khulna City Corporation election

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Registered535,528
Mayoral election
12 June 2023
Turnout47.88%
 
Nominee Talukder Abdul Khaleque Abdul Awal
Party AL IAB
Popular vote 1,54,825 60,064
Percentage 60.38% 23.42%

Mayor before election

Talukder Abdul Khaleque
AL

Elected Mayor

Talukder Abdul Khaleque
AL

Council election
12 June 2023
41[a] seats in the Khulna City Corporation
Party Leader Seats +/–
AL Talukder Abdul Khaleque 39 +21
BNP didn’t Contested 0 −9
Jamaat-e-Islami 1 +1
Independent 1 −5
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Schedule

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The schedule of the election was announced by the Election Commission of Bangladesh on 29 March 2023.[3]

Event Date Day
Date of Notification 3 April 2023 Monday
Deadline for submission of nomination paper 16 May 2023
Date for scrutiny of nominations 18 May 2023
Appeal against the nomination paper scrutiny 19–21 May 2023
Appeal resolve 22–24 May 2023
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures 25 May 2023
Symbols distribution 26 May 2023
Date of poll & counting 12 June 2023

Candidates

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Mayoral election

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A total of 5 candidates were contested for the mayoral post.

Name Election Symbol   Party Ref.
Talukder Abdul Khaleque Nouka (Boat) Bangladesh Awami League [4][5]
Abdul Awal Hatpakha (Hand fan) Islami Andolon Bangladesh
Shafiqul Islam Madhu Langol (Plough) Jatiya Party (Ershad)
SM Sabbir Hossain Golap ful (Rose) Zaker Party

Council election

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Total of 134 and 39 were contested for 31 general and 10 reserved (women) seats in the city council, respectively.

Results

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Results by party

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Vote by party

  Bangladesh Awami League (60.41%)
  Islami Andolan Bangladesh (23.44%)
  Jatiya Party (Ershad) (7.05%)
  Independent (6.72%)
  Zaker Party (2.38%)
CandidatePartyVotes%
Talukder Abdul KhalequeBangladesh Awami League154,82560.41
Abdul AwalIslami Andolan Bangladesh60,06423.44
Shafiqul Islam MadhuJatiya Party (Ershad)18,0747.05
SM Shafiqur RahmanIndependent17,2186.72
SM Sabbir HossainZaker Party6,0962.38
Total256,277100.00
Valid votes256,27799.94
Invalid/blank votes1560.06
Total votes256,433100.00
Registered voters/turnout535,52847.88

Talukder Abdul Khaleque was elected as mayor of the Khulna City Corporation by defeating Islami Andolan candidate Abdul Awal.[6]

Notes

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  1. ^ 31 are general, 10 reserved for women

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Polls to 5 city corporations: AL nominates mayoral candidates". Dhaka Tribune. 15 April 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Voting begins in Barishal, Khulna city polls". The Daily Star. 12 June 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  3. ^ "EC announces polls schedule for five city corporations". Dhaka Tribune. 3 April 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  4. ^ "Awami League's contender - JaPa or others?". Prothom Alo. 14 April 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  5. ^ "KCC polls: symbols distributed among candidates". Dhaka Tribune. 26 May 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  6. ^ "Awami League candidates Khokon, Khaleque win mayoral polls to Barishal, Khulna". bdnews24.com. 12 June 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2023.