2015 Dhaka North City Corporation election

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The 2015 Dhaka North City Corporation election was a local government election in the city of Dhaka, Bangladesh, held on 30 April 2015 to elect the Mayor of North Dhaka and the Dhaka North City Council. A total of 16 candidates participated in the election. The election resulted in a victory for the Awami League candidate Annisul Huq. In the 48 member City Council, the Awami League won 32 seats, while independents won 13 seats, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party won 2 seats, and the Jatiya Party (Ershad) won 1 seat. However, the results were rejected by the main opposition candidate, Tabith Awal of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.[1] The candidates received neutral election symbols in this election.

Registered23,44,900
Turnout37.70%
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2015 Dhaka North City Corporation election

30 April 2015
2019 
Registered23,44,900
Turnout37.70%
  First party Second party
 
Candidate Annisul Huq Tabith Awal
Party AL BNP
Popular vote 4,60,117 3,25,080
Percentage 52.6% 37.16%
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Mayor before election

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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.
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Candidates

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

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Candidate Party Votes %
Annisul HuqAwami League460,11752.61
Tabith AwalBangladesh Nationalist Party325,08037.17
Fazle Bari MasoudIslami Andolan Bangladesh18,0502.06
Mahi B. ChowdhuryBikalpa Dhara Bangladesh13,4071.53
Zonayed SakiGanosanhati Andolan7,3700.84
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 candidates10,1391.16
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[2]
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Council election results

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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
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