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2017 Rangpur City Corporation election

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2017 Rangpur mayoral election

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Registered393,894
Turnout74.23%
 
Candidate Mostafizar Rahman Mostafa Sharfuddin Ahmed Jhantu
Party JP(E) AL
Popular vote 159,824 61,557
Percentage 55.01% 21.19%

 
Candidate Kawsar Zaman Babla A. T. M. Golam Mostafa Babu
Party BNP IAB
Popular vote 34,791 23,718
Percentage 11.97% 8.17%

Mayor before election

Sharfuddin Ahmed Jhantu
AL

Elected Mayor

Mostafizur Rahman Mostafa
JP(E)

The 2017 election for mayor of Rangpur City Corporation was held on 21 December 2017. Rangpur is a city in Bangladesh. The result was a victory for the Jatiya Party candidate Mostafizar Rahman Mostafa.[1][2]

Mayoral election results

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Rangpur mayoral election 2017[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JP(E) Mostafizur Rahman Mostafa 159,824 55.01%
AL Sharfuddin Ahmed Jhantu 61,557 21.19%
BNP Kawsar Zaman Babla 34,791 11.97%
IAB A. T. M. Golam Mostafa Babu 23,718 8.17%
Independent Hossain Maqbul Shahriar Asif 2,306 0.79% New
BSD Abdul Quddus 1,245 0.43%
National People's Party (Bangladesh) Md. Selim Akhter 807 0.28% New
Rejected ballots 6,273 2.16%
Majority 98,267 33.82%
Turnout 290,521 74.23%
Registered electors 391,366
JP(E) hold

References

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  1. ^ Chowdhury, Moinul Hoque; Billah, Masum; Azad, Shahzada Mia; bdnews24.com. "Jatiya Party's Mostafa wins landslide in Rangpur City mayor election". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2022-01-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ "Ex-Rangpur city mayor Jhantu dies at age 66". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  3. ^ "JP wins big in bastion". The Daily Star. 2017-12-22. Retrieved 2020-03-02.