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Mayoral election in Bangladesh
2015 Chattogram mayoral election|
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Registered | 18,13,449 |
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Turnout | 47.90%(5.06pp) |
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Council election |
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. |
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The 2015 Chattogram City Corporation election was held on 30 April 2015. A total of 12 candidates ran for mayor. The result was a victory for the Awami League candidate A J M Nasir Uddin. However, the results were rejected by main opposition candidate, Mohammad Manjur Alam of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.[1][2]
Results
Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
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| A J M Nasir Uddin | Bangladesh Awami League | 475,361 | 57.87 |
| M. Manjur Alam | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | 304,837 | 37.11 |
| M A Matin | Bangladesh Islami Front | 11,655 | 1.42 |
| Wazez Hossain Bhuyia | Islami Andolan Bangladesh | 9,668 | 1.18 |
| Solayman Alam Sheth | Independent | 6,131 | 0.75 |
| Mohammed Mujibul Hoque | Independent | 4,215 | 0.51 |
| Saifuddin Ahmed | Independent | 2,661 | 0.32 |
| Alauddin Chowdhury | Independent | 2,159 | 0.26 |
| Arif Moinuddin | Independent | 1,774 | 0.22 |
| Abul Kalam Azad | Independent | 1,385 | 0.17 |
| Sazzad Zoha | Independent | 845 | 0.10 |
| Safiul Alam | Independent | 680 | 0.08 |
Total | 821,371 | 100.00 |
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Valid votes | 821,371 | 94.56 |
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Invalid/blank votes | 47,292 | 5.44 |
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Total votes | 868,663 | 100.00 |
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Registered voters/turnout | 1,813,449 | 47.90 |
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Source: BD News 24 |
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