2020 Dhaka South City Corporation election

2020 Dhaka South City Corporation election

1 February 2020
Registered	24,53,194
Turnout	29.00% ( 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.

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]

Candidates

The election was mainly contested between candidates of the two major political parties in Bangladesh:

List of mayoral candidates

Party		Flag	Symbol	Candidates
	Bangladesh Awami League			Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh
	Bangladesh Nationalist Party			Ishraque Hossain

Other minor candidates from smaller parties and independent candidates also participated.

Mayoral election results

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

Party-wise

2020 DSCC council election results (party-wise)

Party		Leader	Councilor contested seats	Councilor elected in Seats	Ward Councilors	Reserved Women Councilors
	Bangladesh Awami League	Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh	100	81 / 100	61	20
	Bangladesh Nationalist Party	Ishraque Hossain	100	9 / 100	6	3
	Bangladesh Jatiya Party	Didn’t Participate	unknown	1 / 100	1	0
	Independent	unknown		9 / 100	7	2
Total				100	75	25

References

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.