The 2018 Barishal City Corporation election was a local government election in the city of Barisal, Bangladesh, held on 30 July 2018 to elect the Mayor of Barishal and the Barishal City Council. The election resulted in a victory for the Awami League candidate Serniabat Sadiq Abdullah. In the 40-member City Council, the Awami League won 27 seats, while the Bangladesh Nationalist Party won 4 seats, independents won 8 seats, and the Jatiya Party (Ershad) won 1 seat. Serniabat Sadiq Abdullah became the second mayor of the Barishal City Corporation following the election.
Candidates
Mayoral election Name Party Ref. Serniabat Sadiq Abdullah Bangladesh Awami League Mujibur Rahman Sarwar Bangladesh Nationalist Party Obaidur Rahman Mahbub Islami Andolon Bangladesh Md Iqbal Hossain Jatiya Party (Ershad) Abul Kalam Azad Communist Party of Bangladesh Manisha ChakrabartySocialist Party of Bangladesh
Incidents
Before the elections, hundreds of Bangladesh Nationalist Party activists were detained.
BNP candidate Sarwar withdrew before the voting was completed alleging irregularities with the voting.
A mayoral candidate, Manisha Chakraborty of BSD, was assaulted as she protested snatching of ballot papers by AL supporters at a polling station in ward-17 in Barisal.
Result Mayoral election result Abdullah received 107,353 votes while his nearest rival, Mazibor Rahman Sarwar of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 13,135 votes.
Council election Party-wise +2018 BCC council election results (party-wise)PartySeatsWard CouncilorsReserved Women CouncilorsTotal CouncilorsBangladesh Awami League20727Bangladesh Nationalist Party314Jatiya Party (Ershad)1—1Independent628Total301040
Aftermath
The election was boycotted by the candidates of Communist Party of Bangladesh and Islami Andolon Bangladesh who alleged vote rigging.
They demanded the Election Commission postpone the polls.
New elected mayor Abdullah was sworn in office by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the Prime Minister's Office in Dhaka.
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