2015 Dhaka North City Corporation election

2015 Dhaka North City Corporation election

30 April 2015

Mayoral election

Nominee Annisul Huq Tabith Awal Party AL BNP Popular vote 4,60,117 3,25,080 Percentage 52.6% 37.16%

Mayor before election New post Elected Mayor Annisul Huq AL

Council election

30 April 2015 48 seats in the Dhaka North City Corporation

Party Leader Seats +/– AL Annisul Huq 32 +32 BNP Tabith Awal 2 +2 JP(E) Bahauddin Ahmed 1 +1 Independent — 13 +13 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

The 2015 election for mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation was held on 30 April 2015. A total of 16 candidates participated in the election. The result was a victory for the Awami League candidate Annisul Huq, who received a 135,037-vote majority. However, the results were rejected by main opposition candidate, Tabith Awal of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. The candidates got neutral symbol on this election.

Candidates

Candidate		Party	Symbol
	Annisul Huq	Awami League	Table clock
	Tabith Awal	Bangladesh Nationalist Party	Bus
	Bahauddin Ahmed Sarkar	Jatiya Party	Elephant

Mayoral election results

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Annisul Huq	Awami League	460,117	52.61
	Tabith Awal	Bangladesh Nationalist Party	325,080	37.17
	Fazle Bari Masoud	Islami Andolan Bangladesh	18,050	2.06
	Mahi B. Chowdhury	Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh	13,407	1.53
	Zonayed Saki	Ganosanhati Andolan	7,370	0.84
	Bahauddin Ahmed	Jatiya Party (Ershad)	2,950	0.34
	Abdullah Al Kafi	Communist Party of Bangladesh	2,475	0.28
	Nader Chowdhury	Jatiyo Samajtantrik Dal	1,412	0.16
	8 other candidates		10,139	1.16
Rejected ballots			33,581	3.84
Majority			135,037	15.44
Turnout			874,581	37.30
Registered voters			2,344,900
	AL gain (new seat)
Source: BDN News 24

Council election results

Party-wise

2015 DNCC council election results (party-wise)

Party		Leader	Councilor contested seats	Councilor elected in Seats	Ward Councilors	Reserved Women Councilors
	Bangladesh Awami League	Annisul Huq	48	32 / 48	21	11
	Bangladesh Nationalist Party	Tabith Awal	48	2 / 48	2	0
	Jatiya Party (Ershad)	Bahauddin Ahmed	unknown	1 / 48	1	0
	Independent	unknown		13 / 48	12	1
Total				48	36	12