2023 Gazipur City Corporation election

Bangladeshi local governmental election in Gazipur

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Registered

11,79,486

Turnout

48.75%(

8.3pp)

Mayoral election

25 May 2023


Nominee	Jayeda Khatun	Azmat Ullah Khan
Party	Independent	AL
Popular vote	2,38,934	2,22,736
Percentage	41.68%	38.85%

Mayor before election

Asadur Rahman Kiron
AL

Elected Mayor

Jayeda Khatun
Independent

Council election

25 May 2023
76 seats in the Gazipur City Corporation

	Leader	Seats	+/–
AL	Azmat Ullah Khan	61	+13
BNP	Didn't contest	15	−4
JP(E)	Niaz Uddin	0	−2
WPB	—	0	−1
Independent	—	0	−6

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

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The 2023 Gazipur City Corporation election is a Bangladeshi local governmental election being held on 25 May 2023. The City Corporation elections are held every five years, and this was the third of its kind in Gazipur. A total of 8 candidates contested for the mayoral post, and 246 and 79 contesting for 57 general and 19 reserved (women) seats in the city council, respectively.

Candidates

Mayoral election

Candidate	Election symbol	Party
Azmat Ullah Khan	Nouka (Boat)	Awami League
Gazi Ataur Rahman	Hatpakha (Hand fan)	Islami Andolon Bangladesh
MM Niaz Uddin	Langol (Plough)	Jatiya Party (Ershad)
Atiqul Islam	Machh (Fish)	Gano Front
Raju Ahmed	Golap ful (Rose)	Zaker Party
Jayeda Khatun	Tebil ghori (Table clock)	Independent
Sarkar Shah Nur Islam	Hati (Elephant)	Independent
Harun-or-Rashid	Ghora (Horse)	Independent

Schedule

Election schedule
3 April	Date of notification
27 April	Deadline for filling nomination
30 April	Scrutiny
2–4 May	Period of appeal against scrutiny
5–7 May	Appeal resolve
8 May	Withdrawal deadline
9 May	Symbol distribution
9–23 May	Period of official campaign
25 May	Election & counting

Mayoral election results

Jayeda Khatun was elected as mayor of the Gazipur City Corporation by defeating Awami League candidate Azmat Ullah Khan.


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Jayeda Khatun	Independent	238,934	41.68
	Azmat Ullah Khan	Bangladesh Awami League	222,736	38.85
	Gazi Ataur Rahman	Islami Andolan Bangladesh	45,352	7.91
	Sarkar Shah Nur Islam	Independent	23,265	4.06
	Atiqul Islam	Gano Front	16,974	2.96
	MM Niaz Uddin	Jatiya Party (Ershad)	16,382	2.86
	Raju Ahmed	Zaker Party	7,206	1.26
	Harun-or-Rashid	Independent	2,426	0.42
Total			573,275	100.00

Valid votes			573,275	99.69
Invalid/blank votes			1,775	0.31
Total votes			575,050	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,179,486	48.75