List of mayors of Barisal
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The Mayor of Barisal City is the highest ranking official of the Barishal City Corporation. The Mayor's office administers all city services, public property, most public agencies, and enforces all city and state laws within Barisal city.
| Mayor of Barisal | |
|---|---|
Incumbent since 19 August 2024Vacant | |
| Barishal City Corporation | |
| Style | Honourable (formal) |
| Type | Council Leader |
| Member of | Barishal City Corporation |
| Seat | Nagar Bhaban, Barisal |
| Appointer |
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| Term length |
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Constituting instrument | The City Corporation act, 2009 |
| Inaugural holder | Ahsan Habib Kamal |
| Formation | 25 July 2002 |
| Salary | ৳150000 (US$1,200) per month (incl. allowances) |
| Website | barishalcity |
The Mayor's office is located in Nagar Bhaban; it has jurisdiction over all 30 wards of Barisal City[citation needed]
List of officeholders
- Political parties
- Status
Acting Mayor and Administrator
| No. | Portrait | Officeholder (birth–death) |
Election | Term of office | Designation | Political party |
Reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Period | |||||||||
| 1 | Ahsan Habib Kamal (1954–2022) |
– | 25 July 2002 | 14 July 2003 | 354 days | Mayor | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | [1][2] | |||
| 2 | Mazibur Rahman Sarwar | 2003 | 24 April 2003 | 21 April 2007 | 3 years, 362 days | Mayor | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | [2][3] | |||
| – | Awlad Hossain Dilu | – | 22 July 2007 | 11 September 2008 | 1 year, 51 days | Acting Mayor | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | [4][5] | |||
| 3 | Shawkat Hossain Hiron (1956–2014) |
2008 | 11 September 2008 | 15 June 2013 | 4 years, 277 days | Mayor | Bangladesh Awami League | [5][6] | |||
| 4 | Ahsan Habib Kamal (1954–2022) |
2013 | 15 June 2013 | 8 October 2018 | 5 years, 115 days | Mayor | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | [6][7] | |||
| 5 |  |
Serniabat Sadiq Abdullah | 2018 | 31 October 2018 | 9 November 2023 | 7 years, 347 days | Mayor | Bangladesh Awami League | [8] | ||
| 6 |  |
Abul Khair Abdullah | 2023 | 14 November 2023 | 19 August 2024 | 279 days | Mayor | Bangladesh Awami League | [9] | ||
| – | Md. Shaukat Ali | – | 19 August 2024 | Incumbent | 2 years, 55 days | Administrator | Independent | ||||
Elections
Election Result 2023
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Abul Khair Abdullah | 87,752 | 62.99 | −15.93 | |
| IAB | Syed Faizul Karim | 34,345 | 24.65 | +14.33 | |
| Independent | Kamrul Ahsan | 7,999 | 5.74 | New | |
| JP(E) | Iqbal Hossain Taposh | 6,665 | 4.78 | New | |
| Zaker Party | Mizanur Rahman Bachchu | 2,546 | 1.83 | New | |
| Majority | 53,407 | 38.34 | −31.21 | ||
| Turnout | 142,177 | 51.46 | −6.09 | ||
| Registered electors | 276,298 | ||||
| AL hold | |||||
Election result 2018
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Serniabat Sadiq Abdullah | 109,803 | 78.92 | +34.28 | ||
| BNP | Mujibur Rahman Sarwar | 13,041 | 9.37 | −45.99 | ||
| Majority | 96,762 | 69.55 | +58.83 | |||
| Turnout | 139,151 | 57.55 | −13.23 | |||
| Registered electors | 241,959 | |||||
| AL gain from BNP | ||||||
Election result 2013
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP | Ahsan Habib Kamal | 82,751 | 55.35 | +33.23 | ||
| AL | Shawkat Hossain Hiron | 66,741 | 44.65 | +5.47 | ||
| Majority | 16,010 | 10.70 | New | |||
| Turnout | 149,492 | 70.76 | +4.62 | |||
| Registered electors | 211,257 | |||||
| BNP gain from AL | ||||||
Election result 2008
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Shawkat Hossain Hiron | 46,795 | 39.18 | New | ||
| PDP | Sharfuddin Ahmed Santu | 46,208 | 38.69 | New | ||
| BNP | Ahsan Habib Kamal | 26,416 | 22.12 | New | ||
| Majority | 587 | 0.49 | New | |||
| Turnout | 119,419 | 66.14 | New | |||
| Registered electors | 180,545 | |||||
| AL gain from BNP | ||||||