2023 Khulna City Corporation election

The 2023 Khulna City Corporation election was an election in Khulna, Bangladesh, to held on 12 June 2023 to elect the next mayor & councillors of Khulna.^[1] A total of 535,528 people cast their votes 1,732 polling booths under 289 polling stations in Khulna City Corporation election.^[2]

2023 Khulna City Corporation election

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Registered	535,528
Mayoral election
12 June 2023
Turnout	47.88%
Nominee Talukder Abdul Khaleque Abdul Awal Party AL IAB Popular vote 1,54,825 60,064 Percentage 60.38% 23.42%
Mayor before election Talukder Abdul Khaleque AL Elected Mayor Talukder Abdul Khaleque AL
Council election
12 June 2023 41[a] seats in the Khulna City Corporation
Party Leader Seats +/– AL Talukder Abdul Khaleque 39 +21 BNP didn’t Contested 0 −9 Jamaat-e-Islami — 1 +1 Independent — 1 −5 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Schedule

The schedule of the election was announced by the Election Commission of Bangladesh on 29 March 2023.^[3]

Event	Date	Day
Date of Notification	3 April 2023	Monday
Deadline for submission of nomination paper	16 May 2023
Date for scrutiny of nominations	18 May 2023
Appeal against the nomination paper scrutiny	19–21 May 2023
Appeal resolve	22–24 May 2023
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures	25 May 2023
Symbols distribution	26 May 2023
Date of poll & counting	12 June 2023

Candidates

Mayoral election

A total of 5 candidates were contested for the mayoral post.

Name	Election Symbol		Party	Ref.
Talukder Abdul Khaleque	Nouka (Boat)		Bangladesh Awami League	[4][5]
Abdul Awal	Hatpakha (Hand fan)		Islami Andolon Bangladesh
Shafiqul Islam Madhu	Langol (Plough)		Jatiya Party (Ershad)
SM Sabbir Hossain	Golap ful (Rose)		Zaker Party

Council election

Total of 134 and 39 were contested for 31 general and 10 reserved (women) seats in the city council, respectively.

Results

Results by party

Vote by party

  Bangladesh Awami League (60.41%)

  Islami Andolan Bangladesh (23.44%)

  Jatiya Party (Ershad) (7.05%)

  Independent (6.72%)

  Zaker Party (2.38%)

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Talukder Abdul Khaleque	Bangladesh Awami League	154,825	60.41
	Abdul Awal	Islami Andolan Bangladesh	60,064	23.44
	Shafiqul Islam Madhu	Jatiya Party (Ershad)	18,074	7.05
	SM Shafiqur Rahman	Independent	17,218	6.72
	SM Sabbir Hossain	Zaker Party	6,096	2.38
Total			256,277	100.00
Valid votes			256,277	99.94
Invalid/blank votes			156	0.06
Total votes			256,433	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			535,528	47.88

Talukder Abdul Khaleque was elected as mayor of the Khulna City Corporation by defeating Islami Andolan candidate Abdul Awal.^[6]

Notes

1. 31 are general, 10 reserved for women

See also

• 2023 elections in Bangladesh

References

1. "Polls to 5 city corporations: AL nominates mayoral candidates". Dhaka Tribune. 15 April 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
2. "Voting begins in Barishal, Khulna city polls". The Daily Star. 12 June 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
3. "EC announces polls schedule for five city corporations". Dhaka Tribune. 3 April 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
4. "Awami League's contender - JaPa or others?". Prothom Alo. 14 April 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
5. "KCC polls: symbols distributed among candidates". Dhaka Tribune. 26 May 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
6. "Awami League candidates Khokon, Khaleque win mayoral polls to Barishal, Khulna". bdnews24.com. 12 June 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2023.