2020 Dhaka South City Corporation election

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2020 Dhaka South City Corporation election
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Registered24,53,194
Turnout29.00% (Decrease 19.4pp)
Mayoral election
1 February 2020
 
Nominee Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh Ishraque Hossain
Party AL BNP
Popular vote 4,24,595 2,36,512
Percentage 60.76% 33.84%
Mayor before election

Sayeed Khokon
AL

Elected Mayor

Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh
AL

Council election
1 February 2020
100 seats in the Dhaka South City Corporation
Party Leader Seats +/–
AL Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh 81 +27
BNP Ishraque Hossain 9 +1
BJP — 1 +1
Independent — 9 −5
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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The 2020 mayoral election of Dhaka South City Corporation was held on 1 February 2020. A total of 6 major candidates participated in the election. The result was a victory for the Awami League candidate Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh.[1] Ishraque Hossain of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party received the second highest number of votes.[2]

It was one of the first major election in Bangladesh conducted entirely using electronic voting machines (EVMs) alongside the 2020 Dhaka North City Corporation election. Previously the country had made only limited use of EVMs. The ruling party, the Awami League supported the adoption of EVMs. Leaders of other parties including the Bangladesh Nationalist Party leaders said they feared the machines would be used for vote rigging. One concern expressed was that the machines do not have a voter-verified paper audit trail.[3][4][5]

Mayoral election results[edit]

Election Results[6]
Candidate Party Votes Percentage +/-
Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh Bangladesh Awami League 424,595 60.76 New
Ishraque Hossain Bangladesh Nationalist Party 236,512 33.84 New
Abdur Rahman Islami Andolan Bangladesh 26,525 3.79 New
Saifuddin Ahmen Milon Jatiya Party (Ershad) 5,593 0.80 New
Bahrane Sultan Bahar National People's Party 3,155 0.45 New
Akhtaruzzaman Alias Ayatullah Bangladesh Congress 2,421 0.34 New
Rejected Ballot 12,678 1.78 -
Majority 188,083 26.91 +1.64
Turnout 711,488 29.00 -19.4
Total Registered Voters 2,453,194 -
AL Hold Swing

Council election results[edit]

Party-wise[edit]

2020 DSCC council election results (party-wise)
Party Seats
Ward Councilors Reserved Women Councilors Total Councilors
Bangladesh Awami League 61 20 81
Bangladesh Nationalist Party 6 3 9
Bangladesh Jatiya Party 1 — 1
Independent 7 2 9
Total 75 25 100

References[edit]

  1. ^ "The Daily Star's coverage of the 2020 Dhaka City Polls". The Daily Star.
  2. ^ "Atiqul and Taposh elected Dhaka's new guardians". Dhaka Tribune. February 2, 2020.
  3. ^ "First major EVM-only polls: Big test for Election Commission". The Daily Star. January 29, 2020.
  4. ^ "Analysis: Debates continue over EVM use in Dhaka city election". Daily Sun.
  5. ^ "Voters keep off". The Daily Star. February 2, 2020.
  6. ^ "Dhaka South City election result". Prothom Alo. 3 February 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2020.


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