The 2023 Sylhet City Corporation election was a local government election in the city of Sylhet, Bangladesh, held on 21 June 2023 to elect the Mayor of Sylhet and the Sylhet City Council. The election resulted in a victory for the Awami League candidate Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury. In the 56-member City Council, the Awami League won 41 seats, while the Bangladesh Nationalist Party won 9 seats and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami won 6 seats.
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
Candidates
Mayoral election A total of 7 candidates were contested for the mayoral post.
Name Election Symbol Party Ref. Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury Nouka (Boat) Bangladesh Awami League Hafiz Maulana Mahmudul Hasan Hatpakha (Hand fan) Islami Andolon Bangladesh Nazrul Islam Babul Langol (Plough) Jatiya Party (Ershad) Zahirul Alam Golap ful (Rose) Zaker Party Abdul Hanif Kutu Ghora (Horse) Independent Chalah Uddin Rimon Cricket Bat Independent Shah Jahan Mia Bus Independent
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)PartySeatsWard CouncilorsReserved Women CouncilorsTotal CouncilorsBangladesh Awami League301141Bangladesh Nationalist Party819Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami426Total421456
See also
2023 elections in Bangladesh
References