Mayor of Cumilla
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| Mayor of Cumilla | |
|---|---|
Incumbent since 19 August 2024Vacant | |
| Cumilla City Corporation | |
| Style | Honourable (formal) |
| Type | Council Leader |
| Status | Highest Ranking Official |
| Member of | Cumilla City Corporation |
| Reports to | Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives |
| Seat | Nagar Bhaban, Cumilla |
| Nominator | Directly elected by vote |
| Term length | Five years, renewable |
| Inaugural holder | Monirul Haque Sakku |
| Formation | 10 July 2011 |
| Salary | ৳ 85,000 Monthly (US$ 999) ৳ 10,20,000 annually (US$ 11,989) |
| Website | cocc |
The Mayor of Cumilla City is the highest ranking official of the Cumilla City Corporation. The Mayor's office administers all city services, public property, most public agencies, and enforces all city and state laws within Cumilla city.
The Mayor's office is located in Nagar Bhaban; it has jurisdiction over all 27 wards of Cumilla City.[citation needed]
List of officeholders
[edit]- Political parties
- Other factions
- 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 | Monirul Haque Sakku | 2012 2017 |
5 January 2012 | 16 May 2022 | 10 years, 131 days | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | [1][2] | |
| – | Dr. Safiqul Islam (Administrator) |
– | 17 May 2022 | 5 July 2022 | 49 days | Independent | ||
| 2 | 
|
Arfanul Haque Rifat (1958–2023) | 2022 | 5 July 2022 | 13 December 2023 | 1 year, 161 days | Bangladesh Awami League | [3][4] |
| 3 | Dr. Tahseen Bahar Shuchona | 2024 | 4 April 2024 | 19 August 2024[5] | 137 days | Bangladesh Awami League | [6][7] | |
| – | Saif Uddin Ahmed (Administrator) |
– | 19 August 2024 | Incumbent | 84 days | Independent | ||
Elections
[edit]Election result 2022
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Arfanul Haque Rifat | 50,310 | N/A | |||
| Independent | Monirul Haque Sakku | 49,967 | N/A | |||
| Independent | Nizam Uddin Kaiser | 29,099 | N/A | |||
| IAB | Rashedul Islam | 3,040 | N/A | |||
| Independent | Kamrul Ahsan Babul | 2,329 | N/A | |||
| Majority | 343 | |||||
| Turnout | 1,34,776 | |||||
| Registered electors | 2,29,920 | |||||
| AL gain from BNP | ||||||
Election result 2017
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP | Monirul Haque Sakku | 68,948 | |||
| AL | Anjum Sultana Sima | 57,863 | |||
| Majority | 11,085 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,32,690 | ||||
| Registered electors | 2,07,566 | ||||
| BNP hold | |||||
Election result 2012
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP | Monirul Haque Sakku | 65,777 | |||
| AL | Afzal Khan | 36,471 | |||
| Independent | Nurul Rahman Tanim | 8,514 | |||
| JP(E) | Mohammad Selim | 7,961 | |||
| Majority | 27,306 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,25,522 | ||||
| Registered electors | 1,69,279 | ||||
| BNP win (new seat) | |||||
References
[edit]- ^ কুমিল্লার প্রথম মেয়র নির্বাচিত হলেন মনিরুল হক সাক্কু. bangla.irib.ir (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Sakku sinks AL favourite Afzal". thedailystar.net. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Arfanul Haque Rifat wins Cumilla city polls". The Financial Express. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ "AL picks Rifat for CCC polls". Risingbd.com. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ "Elected representatives of 12 city corporations removed". The Daily Star. 19 August 2024. Archived from the original on 19 August 2024.
- ^ "Comilla gets first female mayor". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
- ^ "এমপি বাহারের মেয়ে সূচনা কুমিল্লার নতুন মেয়র". BD News 24. Retrieved 9 March 2024.