Mayor of Sylhet
| Mayor of Sylhet | |
|---|---|
 Seal of Sylhet City Corporation | |
Incumbent since 19 August 2024vacant | |
| Sylhet City Corporation | |
| Style | Honourable (formal) |
| Type | Council Leader |
| Member of | Sylhet City Corporation |
| Reports to | Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives |
| Seat | Nagar Bhaban, Sylhet |
| Appointer | Electorate of Sylhet |
| Term length | Five years, renewable |
| Constituting instrument | The City Corporation act, 2009 |
| Inaugural holder | Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran |
| Formation | 31 July 2001 |
| Salary | ৳ 85,000 Monthly (US$ 999) |
| Website | Sylhet City Corporation |
The Mayor of Sylhet is the highest-ranking official of the Sylhet City Corporation. The Mayor's office administers all city services, public property, most public agencies, and enforces all city and state laws within Sylhet city.[1]
The Mayor's office is located in Nagar Bhaban, Bandor Bazar; currently it has jurisdiction over all 42 wards of Sylhet City, which previously was 27 ward.[citation needed]
List of officeholders
[edit]- Other factions
- Status
- Acting Mayor and Administrator
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Election | Term of office | Political party |
Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| 1 | Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran (1952-2020) |
2003 2008 |
12 April 2003 | 18 September 2013 | 10 years, 190 days | Bangladesh Awami League | [2] | |
| 2 | Ariful Haque Choudhury | 2013 2018 |
18 September 2013 | 7 November 2023 | 10 years, 50 days | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | [3] | |
| 3 | Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury | 2023 | 7 November 2023 | 19 August 2024 | 286 days | Bangladesh Awami League | [4][5] | |
| – | Abu Ahmad Siddiqui (Administrator) |
– | 19 August 2024 | Incumbent | 126 days | Independent | ||
Elections
[edit]Election Result 2023
[edit]Election Result 2018
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP | Ariful Haque Choudhury | 92,588 | [3] | ||
| AL | Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran | 86,392 | |||
| Jamaat-e-Islami | Ehsanul Mahbub Jubayer | 10,954 | |||
| IAB | Moazzem Hossain | 2,195 | |||
| Majority | 6,196 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,01,577 | ||||
| Registered electors | 3,18,138 | ||||
| BNP hold | |||||
Election Result 2013
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP | Ariful Haque Choudhury | 107,330 | ||||
| AL | Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran | 72,173 | ||||
| Majority | 35,157 | |||||
| Turnout | 1,79,503 | |||||
| Registered electors | 2,91,046 | |||||
| BNP gain from AL | ||||||
References
[edit]- ^ Sylhet City Corporation Act, 2001, bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd।
- ^ "Former mayor of Sylhet City Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran dies at 69". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- ^ a b "সিলেটের মেয়র হলেন আরিফুল হক". Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ^ "Anwaruzzaman takes charge as Sylhet mayor". The Daily Star. 7 November 2023.
- ^ "দ্বিগুণ ভোটের ব্যবধানে আনোয়ারুজ্জামান মেয়র নির্বাচিত". Sylhetview24.com. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
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