2015 Chattogram City Corporation election

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]

2015 Chattogram mayoral election

30 April 2015
Registered18,13,449
Turnout47.90%(Decrease5.06pp)
Mayoral election
27 January 2021
 
Nominee A J M Nasir Uddin M. Manjur Alam
Party AL BNP
Popular vote 4,75,361 3,04,837
Percentage 57.87% 37.11%

Mayor before election

M. Manjur Alam
BNP

Elected Mayor

A J M Nasir Uddin
AL

Council election
30 April 2015
55 seats in the Chattogram City Corporation
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
AL 39 +28
BNP 7 -21
Jamaat-e-Islami 2 -1
Independent 7 +7

Results

CandidatePartyVotes%
A J M Nasir UddinBangladesh Awami League475,36157.87
M. Manjur AlamBangladesh Nationalist Party304,83737.11
M A MatinBangladesh Islami Front11,6551.42
Wazez Hossain BhuyiaIslami Andolan Bangladesh9,6681.18
Solayman Alam ShethIndependent6,1310.75
Mohammed Mujibul HoqueIndependent4,2150.51
Saifuddin AhmedIndependent2,6610.32
Alauddin ChowdhuryIndependent2,1590.26
Arif MoinuddinIndependent1,7740.22
Abul Kalam AzadIndependent1,3850.17
Sazzad ZohaIndependent8450.10
Safiul AlamIndependent6800.08
Total821,371100.00
Valid votes821,37194.56
Invalid/blank votes47,2925.44
Total votes868,663100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,813,44947.90
Source: BD News 24

References

  1. "AL-backed AJM Nasir Uddin leads in Chittagong City Corporation mayoral polls". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  2. "Nasir takes over as CCC mayor". NTVBD. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
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