The 2023 Rajshahi City Corporation election was a local government election in the city of Rajshahi, Bangladesh, held on 21 June 2023 to elect the mayor of Rajshahi and the Rajshahi City Council. The election resulted in a victory for the Awami League candidate A. H. M. Khairuzzaman Liton. In the 40-member city council, the Awami League won 31 seats, while the Bangladesh Nationalist Party won 6 seats, the Workers Party of Bangladesh won 1 seat, and independents won 2 seats. In this election, Awami League candidate achieved a landslide victory.

Schedule

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

EventDateDay Date of Notification 3 April 2023 Monday Deadline for submission of nomination paper 23 May 2023 Date for scrutiny of nominations 25 May 2023 Appeal against the nomination paper scrutiny 26–28 May 2023 Appeal resolve 29–31 May 2023 Last date for withdrawal of candidatures 1 June 2023 Symbols distribution 2 June 2023 Date of poll & counting 21 June 2023 Wednesday

Candidates

Mayoral election A total of 4 candidates contested for the mayoral post.

Name Election Symbol  Party Ref. A. H. M. Khairuzzaman Liton Nouka (Boat) Bangladesh Awami League Murshid Alam Hatpakha (Hand fan) Islami Andolon Bangladesh Saiful Islam Langol (Plough) Jatiya Party (Ershad) AKM Anowar Hossain Golap ful (Rose) Zaker Party

Council election In Rajshahi, 46 candidates contested for 10 women-reserved seats and 112 contested for 30 seats of ward councillors.

Mayoral election results

A. H. M. Khairuzzaman Liton was elected as mayor of the Rajshahi City Corporation by defeating Islami Andolan Bangladesh candidate Murshid Alam.

Council election results Party-wise +2023 RCC council election results (party-wise)PartyLeaderCouncilor contested seatsCouncilor elected in SeatsWard CouncilorsReserved Women CouncilorsBangladesh Awami LeagueA. H. M. Khairuzzaman Liton40238 Bangladesh Nationalist Party Didn't participateunknown51 Workers Party of Bangladesh Didn't participate unknown10 Independentunknown11Total403010

See also 2023 elections in Bangladesh 2023 Bangladeshi urban local elections

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