2015 Dhaka South City Corporation election

Mayoral election in Bangladesh 2015 Dhaka South City Corporation election Bangladesh 30 April 2015 2020 Dhaka South City Corporation election 2020 1,870,778 yes Mayor New post Sayeed Khokon Bangladesh Awami League yes Council election 30 April 201576 seats in the Dhaka South City Corporation yes Bangladesh Awami League Sayeed Khokon 54 0 Bangladesh Nationalist Party Mirza Abbas 8 0 Independent — 14 0 48.40% Parliamentary Popular no yes File:Sayeed Khokon.jpg Sayeed Khokon AL 535,296 59.12% New File:Mirza Abbas.jpg Mirza Abbas BNP 294,291 32.50% New 006a4e 120px The 2015 Dhaka South City Corporation election was a local government election held in Dhaka, on 30 April 2015 to elect the Mayor of South Dhaka and the City Council. A total of 20 candidates contested the mayoral race. The result was a victory for the Awami League candidate Sayeed Khokon. In the 76 member City Council, the Awami League won 54 seats, while the BNP won 8 seats, and the remaining seats were won by others. However, the results were rejected by the main opposition candidate, Mirza Abbas of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2015/04/30/returning-officers-announce-full-results-of-three-city-corporation-polls Khokon Declared DSCC mayor 2015-04-28 bdnews24.com en 2020-03-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20150502010723/https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2015/04/30/returning-officers-announce-full-results-of-three-city-corporation-polls 2 May 2015 The candidates received neutral election symbols in this election. Mayoral election results DSCC Mayor Election 201529 April 2015 Dhaka South Mayor polls result http://d30fl32nd2baj9.cloudfront.net/media/2015/04/29/2-dhaka-south-mayor-result.pdf/BINARY/2-Dhaka-South-Mayor-Result.pdf dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150515002622/http://d30fl32nd2baj9.cloudfront.net:80/media/2015/04/29/2-dhaka-south-mayor-result.pdf/BINARY/2-Dhaka-South-Mayor-Result.pdf 2015-05-15 9 July 2020 স্থগিত ভোটকেন্দ্রের সংখ্যা ... ৩ [Suspended polling places, number of ... 3]CandidateParty Votes % Sayeed KhokonAwami League 535,296 59.12 Mirza AbbasBNP 294,291 32.50 Abdur RahmanISAB 14,784 1.63 Mohammed SaifuddinJatiya Party 4,519 0.50 Abu Naser MohammedIndependent 2,197 0.24 Rezaul Karim 2,173 0.24 Sahin Khan 2,074 0.23 Golam Maula Rony 1,887 0.21 Sahidul Islam 1,239 0.14 Bazlur Rashid 1,029 0.11 Zahidur Rahman 988 0.11 Asaduzzaman Ripon 928 0.10 A S M Akram 682 0.08 Dilip Vodro 669 0.07 Abdul Khalek 550 0.06 Safi Ullah Chowdhury 512 0.06 Mashiur Rahman 508 0.06 Aktaruzzaman 362 0.04 Ayub Husen 354 0.04 Bahrane Sultan 312 0.03Invalid 40,130 4.43Majority 241,005 26.62Turnout 905,484 48.40Total Registered 1,870,778 AL Gain (New Seat) Council election results Party-wise +2015 DSCC council election results (party-wise)centreParty LeaderCouncilor contested seatsCouncilor elected in SeatsWard CouncilorsReserved Women Councilors Bangladesh Awami LeagueSayeed Khokon7654 76 Bangladesh Awami League3717 Bangladesh Nationalist PartyMirza Abbas768 76 Bangladesh Nationalist Party71 Independentunknown14 76 Independent politician131Total765719 References Category:2015 elections in Bangladesh Category:Elections in Dhaka Category:Local elections in Bangladesh Category:Mayoral elections in Bangladesh Category:2015 in Dhaka Category:April 2015 in Bangladesh