2018 Barishal City Corporation election
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The 2018 Barishal City Corporation election was an election in Barisal, Bangladesh, held on 30 July 2018 to elect the next Mayor of Barisal. Serniabat Sadiq Abdullah was elected as second mayor of the Barishal City Corporation in August 2018.
Mayoral election
| Name | Ref. | ||
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| Serniabat Sadiq Abdullah | Bangladesh Awami League | [1] | |
| Mujibur Rahman Sarwar | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | ||
| Obaidur Rahman Mahbub | Islami Andolon Bangladesh | ||
| Md Iqbal Hossain | Jatiya Party (Ershad) | ||
| Abul Kalam Azad | Communist Party of Bangladesh | ||
| Manisha Chakrabarty | Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal |
Incidents
Before the elections, hundreds of Bangladesh Nationalist Party activists were detained.[2]
BNP candidate Sarwar withdrew before the voting was completed alleging irregularities with the voting.[3]
A mayoral candidate, Manisha Chakraborty of BSD, was assaulted as she protested snatching of ballot papers by AL supporters at a polling station in ward-17 in Barisal.[4]
Results
Mayoral election result
Abdullah received 107,353 votes while his nearest rival, Mazibor Rahman Sarwar of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 13,135 votes.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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| AL | Serniabat Sadiq Abdullah | 1,09,803 | ||||
| BNP | Mujibur Rahman Sarwar | 13,041 | ||||
| Majority | 96,762 | |||||
| Turnout | 1,39,151 | |||||
| Registered electors | 2,41,959 | |||||
| AL gain from BNP | ||||||
