2023 Khulna City Corporation election
Appearance
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Registered | 535,528 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 47.88% | ||||||||||||||||||||
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12 June 2023 41[a] seats in the Khulna City Corporation | |||||||||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. |
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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]
Schedule
[edit]The schedule of the election was announced by the Election Commission of Bangladesh on 29 March 2023.[3]
Event | Date | Day |
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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
[edit]Mayoral election
[edit]A total of 5 candidates were contested for the mayoral post.
Name | Election Symbol | Ref. | ||
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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
[edit]Total of 134 and 39 were contested for 31 general and 10 reserved (women) seats in the city council, respectively.
Results
[edit]Results by party
[edit]Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Talukder Abdul Khaleque | Bangladesh Awami League | 154,825 | 60.41 | |
Abdul Awal | Islami Andolan Bangladesh | 60,064 | 23.44 | |
Shafiqul Islam Madhu | Jatiya Party (Ershad) | 18,074 | 7.05 | |
SM Shafiqur Rahman | Independent | 17,218 | 6.72 | |
SM Sabbir Hossain | Zaker Party | 6,096 | 2.38 | |
Total | 256,277 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 256,277 | 99.94 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 156 | 0.06 | ||
Total votes | 256,433 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 535,528 | 47.88 |
Talukder Abdul Khaleque was elected as mayor of the Khulna City Corporation by defeating Islami Andolan candidate Abdul Awal.[6]
Notes
[edit]- ^ 31 are general, 10 reserved for women
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Polls to 5 city corporations: AL nominates mayoral candidates". Dhaka Tribune. 15 April 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
- ^ "Voting begins in Barishal, Khulna city polls". The Daily Star. 12 June 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
- ^ "EC announces polls schedule for five city corporations". Dhaka Tribune. 3 April 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
- ^ "Awami League's contender - JaPa or others?". Prothom Alo. 14 April 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
- ^ "KCC polls: symbols distributed among candidates". Dhaka Tribune. 26 May 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
- ^ "Awami League candidates Khokon, Khaleque win mayoral polls to Barishal, Khulna". bdnews24.com. 12 June 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2023.