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2023 Sylhet City Corporation election

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Registered	4,86,605
Turnout	46.51% ( 16.85pp)
Mayoral election
21 June 2023
Nominee Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury Nazrul Islam Babul Party AL JP(E) Popular vote 1,19,991 50,862 Percentage 53.18% 22.54%
Mayor before election Ariful Haque Choudhury BNP Elected Mayor Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury AL
Council election
21 June 2023 56 seats in the Sylhet City Corporation
Party Leader Seats +/– AL Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury 41 +22 BNP Didn't Participate 9 −2 Jamaat-e-Islami — 6 +4 Independent — 0 −4 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

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The 2023 Sylhet City Corporation election is an election in Sylhet, Bangladesh, that was held on 21 June 2023 to elect the next mayor & councillors of Sylhet. In this election, AL candidate achieved a landslide victory.

Schedule

The schedule of the election was announced by the Election Commission of Bangladesh on 29 March 2023.

Candidates

Mayoral election

A total of 7 candidates were contested for the mayoral post.

Council election

In Sylhet, 87 candidates were contested for 14 women-reserved seats and 273 were contested for 42 seats of ward councillors.

Mayoral election results

Council election Results

Party-wise

2023 SCC council election results (party-wise)

Party		Seats
		Ward Councilors	Reserved Women Councilors	Total Councilors
	Bangladesh Awami League	30	11	41
	Bangladesh Nationalist Party	8	1	9
	Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami	4	2	6
Total		42	14	56

See also

• 2023 elections in Bangladesh

References

1. "Polls to 5 city corporations: AL nominates mayoral candidates". The daily star. 15 April 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
2. "EC announces polls schedule for five city corporations". Dhaka Tribune. 3 April 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
3. "Campaigns begin in Sylhet as candidates allotted symbols". The Business Standard. 2 June 2023. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
4. "Awami League's contender - JaPa or others?". Prothom Alo. 14 April 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
5. "SCC polls: Mayor, councillor candidates get symbols". Dhaka Tribune. 2 June 2023. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
6. "Symbol allotted among 7 mayoral, 360 councillor candidates". newagebd. 2 June 2023. Retrieved 25 June 2023.

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