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Registered	426,470
Turnout	65.88% (8.35pp)
Mayoral election
27 December 2022
Nominee Mostafizar Rahman Mostafa Md. Amiruzzaman Party JP(E) IAB Popular vote 146,798 49,892 Percentage 52.44% 17.82%   Nominee Latifur Rahman Milon Hosne Ara Lutfa Dalia Party Independent AL Popular vote 33,883 22,309 Percentage 12.10% 7.97%
Mayor before election Mostafizar Rahman Mostafa JP(E) Elected Mayor Mostafizar Rahman Mostafa JP(E)
Council election
27 December 2022 44 seats in the Rangpur City Corporation 15 January 2023 (Re-election in 1 seat)
Party Leader Seats +/– AL Hosne Ara Lutfa Dalia 14 −1 JP(E) Mostafizar Rahman Mostafa 9 +2 BNP Didn't contest 2 −4 BSD — 1 +1 Independent — 18 +13 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

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The 2022 Rangpur City Corporation election was a Bangladeshi local governmental election held on 27 December 2022. The City Corporation elections are held every five years, and this was the third of its kind in Rangpur. The mayor and 44 councilors of the corporation were elected in this election. A total of 9 candidates contested in the mayoral election, and other 246 contesting for general councils and reserved (women) seats. Jatiya Party's Mostafizar Rahman Mostafa held the mayoral post by winning in a huge margin with ruling Awami League's candidate landing as fourth.

Prior to the election, Rangpur was the only city held by the Jatiya Party (Ershad), the main opposition party in the Jatiya Sangsad. It was also one of the two city corporations which was held by other parties except Awami League. According to political analysts, the elections held significance for the Awami League-government and the newly formed Election Commission under Kazi Habibul Awwal- because election commissions under the government is accused by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) of being a 'puppet commission' of the government to turn Bangladesh into a de facto one-party state under Awami League. As Cumilla City Corporation's mayoral post was lost by Bangladesh Nationalist Party to Awami League in an election in June same year, the accusations rose.

Background

City Corporations or City Councils are the highest tier among the local councils of Bangladesh— usually composed of cities or metropolitan areas. Elections are held every five years to elect the mayors and ward councilors. Cities are divided into wards. A councilor is elected for each ward by the ward residents. For every three wards, another council seat is reserved for a woman, and is filled by the votes of the residents of those wards.

The Rangpur City Corporation (RpCC) is one of the 12 City Corporations in Bangladesh. It comprises the metropolitan Rangpur. It is further divided into 33 wards. The corporation in Rangpur was founded in 2012 and the first election was held the same year, electing Sharfuddin Ahmed Jhantu as the first mayor.

Politically, the Rangpur region is considered a 'bastion' of Jatiya Party, with also consisting a large number Awami League supporters. In the past two elections, first was won by an Awami League candidate who was a past member of Jatiya Party and the last was won by a Jatiya Party candidate.

Candidacy

Mayoral election

Name	Election symbol		Party	References
Mostafizur Rahman Mostafa	Langol (Wooden hand-plough)		Jatiya Party (Ershad)
Hosne Ara Lutfa Dalia	Nouka (Boat)		Bangladesh Awami League
Md Amiruzzaman	Hatpakha (Hand fan)		Islami Andolon Bangladesh
Abu Rayhan	Dab (Green coconut)		Bangladesh Congress
Safiur Rahman	Moshal (Torch)		Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal
Touhidur Rahman Mondol	Deyalghori (Wall clock)		Khelafat Majlish
Khorshed Alam	Lal golap (Red rose)		Zaker Party
Mehedi Hasan Bony	Horin (Deer)		Independent
Latifur Rahman Milon	Hati (Elephant)		Independent

Results

Mayoral election

Council election results

Party-wise

2022 RpCC council election results (party-wise)

Party		Seats
		Ward Councilors	Reserved Women Councilors	Total Councilors
	Bangladesh Awami League	14	—	14
	Jatiya Party-JaPa (Ershad)	6	3	9
	Bangladesh Nationalist Party	2	—	2
	Socialist Party of Bangladesh-BaSaD	1	—	1
	Independent(s)	10	8	18
Total		33	11	44

Ward-wise

Notes

1. Awami League 'rebel candidate', sought nomination as independent candidate after not receiving party nomination.
2. Of the total 44 seats, one was won uncontested.
3. Although many experts believed that the incumbent BNP-loyalist candidate lost because of grouping in the party and other 'party rebel' candidates.
4. Includes BNP members who contested in elections disobeying party decisions.
5. ^ BNP-affiliated politician, ran as independent.

References

1. "CEC: Rangpur city polls will be free, fair". Dhaka Tribune. 13 December 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
2. ^ "Candidates in Rangpur city polls given election symbols". New Age. 9 December 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
3. Karmaker, Kongkon (1 December 2022). "Rangpur city polls: JP relieved, AL troubled over rebels". The Daily Star. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
4. Badal, Liakat Ali (26 October 2022). "GM Quader cements power as Rangpur JaPa boycotts Ranga". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
5. "BNP calls upon JaPa MPs to resign". JagoNews24. 10 December 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
6. "BNP terms EC govt puppet". The New Nation. 19 December 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
7. কুমিল্লার নির্বাচনের 'ফলাফল বিতর্ক' নিয়ে যা বলল নির্বাচন কমিশন [What the Election Commission said about the 'result controversy' in the Comilla election]. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 19 June 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
8. Panday, Pranab Kumar (2017). Reforming urban governance in Bangladesh: the city corporation. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 40, 42. ISBN 978-3-319-49597-2.
9. Molla, Mohammad Al-Masum; Karmaker, Kongkon (22 December 2017). "JP wins big in bastion". The Daily Star. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
10. ^ Islam, Shipul (28 December 2022). মেয়রে ডুবলেও কাউন্সিলরে মুখরক্ষা আ. লীগের [A. League saves face in councilors as it sinks in mayoral election]. Ajker Patrika (in Bengali). Retrieved 19 April 2023.

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