2018 Sylhet City Corporation election

The 2018 election for mayor of Sylhet City Corporation was held on 30 July 2018. Sylhet is a city in Bangladesh. The result was again a victory for the Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate Ariful Haque Choudhury.[2]

2018 Sylhet mayoral election

30 July 2018
Registered3,18,138
Mayoral election
30 July 2018
 
Nominee Ariful Haque Choudhury Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran
Party BNP AL
Popular vote 92,588 86,392
Percentage 54.15%[1] 47.32%

Mayor before election

Ariful Haque Choudhury
BNP

Elected Mayor

Ariful Haque Choudhury
BNP

Council election
30 July 2018
36 seats in the Sylhet City Corporation
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
AL 19
BNP 11
Jamaat-e-Islami 2
Independent 4

Mayoral election results

Sylhet Mayoral Election 2018
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Ariful Haque Choudhury 92,588
AL Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran 86,392
Jamaat-e-Islami Ehsanul Mahbub Jubayer 10,954
IAB Moazzem Hossain 2,195
Majority 6,196
Turnout 2,01,577
Registered electors 3,18,138
BNP hold

References

  1. "সিলেটের মেয়র হলেন আরিফুল হক". Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Retrieved 2021-09-22.
  2. "Sylhet mayor resumes office". newagebd.net. Retrieved 2018-08-08.


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