2018 Gazipur City Corporation election

2018 Gazipur mayoral election

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Registered

1,137,112

Turnout

57.05%

Mayoral election

27 June 2018


Nominee	Zahangir Alam	Hasan Uddin Sarkar
Party	AL	BNP
Popular vote	400,010	197,611
Percentage	63.48%	31.36%

Mayor before election

Asadur Rahman Kiron
AL

Elected Mayor

Zahangir Alam
AL

Council election

27 June 2018
76 seats in the Gazipur City Corporation

	Leader	Seats	+/–
AL	Zahangir Alam	48	+4
BNP	Hasan Uddin Sarkar	19	−6
JP(E)	—	2	+1
WPB	—	1	0
Independent	—	6	+1

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

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The 2018 Gazipur City Corporation election was an election in Gazipur, Bangladesh, held on 27 June 2018 to elect the 2nd Mayor of Gazipur. Zahangir Alam elected as second mayor of the Gazipur City Corporation in July 2018.

Mayoral election results


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Zahangir Alam	Bangladesh Awami League	400,010	63.48
	Hasan Uddin Sarkar	Bangladesh Nationalist Party	197,611	31.36
	Md. Nasir Uddin	Islami Andolan Bangladesh	26,381	4.19
	Md. Jalal Uddin	Bangladesh Islami Front	1,860	0.30
	Fazlur Rahman	Islami Oikya Jote	1,659	0.26
	Farid Uddin Ahmed	Independent	1,617	0.26
	Kazi Md Ruhul Amin	Communist Party of Bangladesh	973	0.15
Total			630,111	100.00

Valid votes			630,111	97.13
Invalid/blank votes			18,603	2.87
Total votes			648,714	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,137,112	57.05

Council election results

Party-wise

2018 GCC council election results (party-wise)
Party		Seats

Party		Ward Councilors	Reserved Women Councilors	Total Councilors
	Bangladesh Awami League	39	9	48
	Bangladesh Nationalist Party	12	7	19
	Jatiya Party (Ershad)	2	—	2
	Workers Party of Bangladesh	—	1	1
	Independent	4	2	6
Total		57	19	76

References

"AL's Jahangir Alam elected Gazipur mayor". The Daily Star. 2018-06-26. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
"New Gazipur city mayor sworn in". The Independent. Dhaka. 2018-07-26. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
"Awami League's Zahangir Alam elected Gazipur mayor". Dhaka Tribune. 2018-06-27. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
"Zahangir Alam sworn in as GCC mayor". Prothom Alo. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
"Jahangir Alam wins Gazipur city election". Risingbd.com. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
"AL's Zahangir elected mayor". Daily Sun. Retrieved 2018-09-16.

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