Mayor of North Dhaka
| Mayor of North Dhaka | |
|---|---|
Incumbent since 23 February 2026Md. Safiqul Islam Khan | |
| Dhaka North City Corporation | |
| Term length | Five years, renewable |
| Constituting instrument | Local Government (City Corporation) Act, 2009 |
| Precursor | Mayor of Dhaka |
| Formation | 1 December 2011 |
| Website | www |
The mayor of North Dhaka is the head of the Dhaka North City Corporation. The mayor is directly elected every five years.[1] The mayor "operates under the leadership" of the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives.[2] The national government can remove the mayor by executive order.[3] In the absence of an elected mayor, the national government can appoint an administrator for 180 days.[4]
History
Dhaka City Corporation was bifurcated into Dhaka North City Corporation and Dhaka South City Corporation by the Local Government (City Corporation) (Amendment) Act, 2011. The Bangladesh Parliament passed the bill on 29 November 2011. President Zillur Rahman signed it into law on 1 December 2011.[5][6][7]
List of officeholders
- Political parties
- Other factions
- Status
- Acting Mayor or Administrator
| No. | Portrait | Officeholder (birth–death) |
Election | Term of office | Designation | Political party |
Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Period | ||||||||
| – | Khorshed Alam Chowdhury | — | 5 December 2011 | 31 May 2012 | 178 days | Administrator | [8][9] | |||
| - | Shahjahan Ali Molla | — | 1 June 2012 | Administrator | [9] | |||||
| – | Akhtar Hossain Bhuiyan | — | Administrator | [10] | ||||||
| – | Anwarul Islam Sikder | — | 26 November 2013 | 6 June 2014 | 192 days | Administrator | [11][12] | |||
| – | Faruk Jalil | — | 15 June 2014 | 10 December 2014 | 178 days | Administrator | [12] | |||
| – | Rakhal Chandra Barman | — | 11 December 2014 | 7 May 2015 | 147 days | Administrator | [13][14] | |||
| 1 |  |
Annisul Huq (1952–2017) |
2015 | 7 May 2015 | 30 November 2017 | 2 years, 207 days | Mayor | Awami League | [14] | |
| – | Osman Gani (1949–2018) |
— | 1 December 2017 | 22 September 2018 | 295 days | Acting Mayor | Awami League | [15] | ||
| – | Md. Jamal Mostafa | — | 22 September 2018 | 6 March 2019 | 165 days | Acting Mayor | Awami League | [16] | ||
| 2 | .jpg) |
Atiqul Islam | 2019 2020 |
7 March 2019 | 19 August 2024[17] | 7 years, 173 days | Mayor | Awami League | [18][19][20] | |
| – | Mohammed Mahmudul Hassan | – | 19 August 2024 | 12 February 2025 | 2 years, 8 days | Administrator | Independent | [21] | ||
| – | Mohammad Azaz | – | 12 February 2025 | 9 February 2026 | 362 days | Administrator | Independent | [22] | ||
| – | Suraiya Akter Jahan | – | 9 February 2026 | 23 February 2026 | 14 days | Administrator | Independent | |||
| – | Safiqul Islam Khan Milton | – | 23 February 2026 | Incumbent | 185 days | Administrator | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | |||
Elections
Election result 2020
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Percentage | +/- | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atiqul Islam | Awami League | 4,47,211 | 58.67 | -30.83 | |
| Tabith Awal | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | 2,64,161 | 34.66 | New | |
| Sheikh Fazle Bari Masoud | Islami Andolan Bangladesh | 28,200 | 3.70 | 1.64 | |
| Ahammed Sajedul | Communist Party of Bangladesh | 15,122 | 1.98 | New | |
| Shahin Khan | National People's Party | 3,853 | 0.51 | -0.44 | |
| Anisur Rahman Dewan | Progressive Democratic Party | 2,111 | 0.28 | -0.64 | |
| Rejected Ballot | 1,530 | 0.20 | -1.79 | ||
| Majority | 1,83,050 | 24.02 | -59.42 | ||
| Turnout | 7,62,188 | 25.30 | -5.75 | ||
| Total Registered Voters | 30,12,509 |  0.76 | |||
| AL Hold | Swing | -32.745 | |||
By-election result 2019
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Percentage | + | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atiqul Islam | Awami League | 839,302 | 90.93 | 38.32 | |
| Shafin Ahmed | Jatiya Party (Ershad) | 52,429 | 5.68 | 5.34 | |
| Abdur Rahim | Independent | 14,040 | 1.52 | New | |
| Anisur Rahman Dewan | National Peoples Party | 8,659 | 0.94 | New | |
| Sahin Khan | PDP | 8,560 | 0.93 | New | |
| Majority | 786,873 | 85.25 | 69.81 | ||
| Turnout | 31.05 | -6.85 | |||
| Total Registered Voters | 3,035,621 | 29.46 | |||
| AL Hold | |||||
Election result 2015
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annisul Huq | Awami League | 460,117 | 52.61 | |
| Tabith Awal | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | 325,080 | 37.17 | |
| Fazle Bari Masoud | Islami Andolan Bangladesh | 18,050 | 2.06 | |
| Mahi B. Chowdhury | Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh | 13,407 | 1.53 | |
| Zonayed Saki | Ganosanhati Andolan | 7,370 | 0.84 | |
| Bahauddin Ahmed | Jatiya Party (Ershad) | 2,950 | 0.34 | |
| Abdullah Al Kafi | Communist Party of Bangladesh | 2,475 | 0.28 | |
| Nader Chowdhury | Jatiyo Samajtantrik Dal | 1,412 | 0.16 | |
| 8 other candidates | 10,139 | 1.16 | ||
| Rejected Ballot | 33,581 | 3.84 | ||
| Majority | 135,037 | 15.44 | ||
| Turnout | 874,581 | 37.30 | ||
| Registered voters | 2,344,900 | |||
| AL Gain (New Seat) | ||||
| Source: bdnews24.com[25] | ||||
References
- ↑ "The Local Government System in Bangladesh: Country Profile 2017–18" (PDF). Commonwealth Local Government Forum. p. 21.
- ↑ Bird, Julia; Li, Yue; Rahman, Hossain Zillur; Rama, Martín; Venables, Anthony (2018). Toward Great Dhaka: A new urban development paradigm eastward. Washington, DC: World Bank Group. p. 34. ISBN 978-1-4648-1238-5.
- ↑ Huq, Parvaz Azharul (2 January 2015). "The Politics of Local Policy-Making in Urban Bangladesh: The Case of Rajshahi City Corporation". Asian Journal of Political Science. 23 (1): 71. doi:10.1080/02185377.2014.945942.
- ↑ Panday, Pranab Kumar (2017). Reforming Urban Governance in Bangladesh: the city corporation. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 40. ISBN 978-3-319-49597-2.
- ↑ Liton, Shakhawat; Hasan, Rashidul (29 November 2011). "JS splits DCC in 4 minutes". The Daily Star.
- ↑ "BNP warns of non-stop agitation". The Daily Star. 2 December 2011.
- ↑ Panday, Pranab Kumar (2017). Reforming Urban Governance in Bangladesh: the city corporation. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 18. ISBN 978-3-319-49597-2.
- ↑ "Two administrators appointed". The New Nation. 7 December 2011.
- 1 2 "DCCs get new administrators". The New Nation. 1 June 2012.
Tenures of the bifurcated DCC's first administrators expired on Thursday.
- ↑ "Cars entering Dhaka may have to pay tax". The Daily Star. 3 July 2013.
- ↑ Karim, Mohosinul (26 November 2013). "Two DCCs get new administrators". Dhaka Tribune.
- 1 2 Alam, Helemul (16 June 2014). "DCC polls uncertain". The Daily Star.
- ↑ "Barman to head DCC North, Mostofa South". The Financial Express. 12 December 2014.
- 1 2 শপথ নিলেন তিন মেয়র [Three mayors take oath]. Bhorer Kagoj (in Bengali). 7 May 2015. Archived from the original on 1 February 2020.
- ↑ "ঢাকা উত্তরের প্যানেল মেয়র ওসমান গনি মারা গেছেন". jagonews24.com. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ↑ "নগরবাসীর মনের মতো নগর চান জামাল মোস্তফা". banglanews24.com. 25 October 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ↑ "এবার ঢাকা উত্তর ও দক্ষিণসহ ১২ সিটি করপোরেশনের মেয়রকে অপসারণ". Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 19 August 2024. Archived from the original on 19 August 2024.
- ↑ "শপথ নিলেন নবনির্বাচিত মেয়র আতিকুল ইসলাম" (in Bengali). prothomalo. 7 March 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ↑ "পদত্যাগ করলেন আতিকুল ইসলাম" (in Bengali). banglatribune. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ↑ "দ্বিতীয় মেয়াদে দায়িত্ব নিলেন মেয়র আতিক". ekushey tv. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
- ↑ "১২ সিটি করপোরেশনে নতুন দায়িত্ব পেলেন যারা". Jugantor. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
- ↑ Report, Star Digital (12 February 2025). "Mohammad Azaz appointed as DNCC administrator". The Daily Star. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
- ↑ "Dhaka North City election result". Prothom Alo. 3 February 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
- ↑ "Atiqul wins DNCC mayoral by-election". The Financial Express. Dhaka. 2 March 2019.
- ↑ ঢাকা উত্তর সিটি কর্পোরেশন নির্বাচন ২০১৫: প্রাথমিক বেসরকারি ফলাফল [Dhaka North City Corporation Election 2015: Preliminary Unofficial Results] (PDF). bdnews24.com (in Bengali). 29 April 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 May 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2022.