Mayor of Sylhet

Mayor of Sylhet
Seal of Sylhet City Corporation
Incumbent
Abu Ahmad Siddiqui
since 19 August 2024
Sylhet City Corporation
StyleHonourable (formal)
TypeCouncil Leader
Member ofSylhet City Corporation
Reports toMinistry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives
SeatNagar Bhaban, Sylhet
AppointerElectorate of Sylhet
Term lengthFive years, renewable
Constituting instrumentThe City Corporation act, 2009
Inaugural holderBadar Uddin Ahmed Kamran
Formation31 July 2001; 23 years ago (2001-07-31)
Salary৳ 85,000 Monthly
(US$ 999)
WebsiteSylhet City Corporation

The Mayor of Sylhet is the highest-ranking official of the Sylhet City Corporation. The Mayor's office administers all city services, public property, most public agencies, and enforces all city and state laws within Sylhet city.[1]

The Mayor's office is located in Nagar Bhaban, Bandor Bazar; currently it has jurisdiction over all 42 wards of Sylhet City, which previously was 27 ward.[citation needed]

List of officeholders

  •   Bangladesh Awami League
  •   Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Other factions
Status
  •   Acting Mayor and Administrator
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Election Term of office Political
party 		Reference
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran
(1952-2020) 		2003
2008 		12 April 2003 18 September 2013 10 years, 190 days Bangladesh Awami League [2]
2 Ariful Haque Choudhury 2013
2018 		18 September 2013 7 November 2023 10 years, 50 days Bangladesh Nationalist Party [3]
3 Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury 2023 7 November 2023 19 August 2024 286 days Bangladesh Awami League [4][5]
– Abu Ahmad Siddiqui
(Administrator) 		– 19 August 2024 Incumbent 138 days Independent

Elections

Election Result 2023

Main article: 2023 Sylhet City Corporation election

Election Result 2018

Main article: 2018 Sylhet City Corporation election
Sylhet Mayoral Election 2018
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Ariful Haque Choudhury 92,588 [3]
AL Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran 86,392
Jamaat-e-Islami Ehsanul Mahbub Jubayer 10,954
IAB Moazzem Hossain 2,195
Majority 6,196
Turnout 2,01,577
Registered electors 3,18,138
BNP hold

Election Result 2013

Main article: 2013 Sylhet City Corporation election
Sylhet Mayoral Election 2013
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Ariful Haque Choudhury 107,330
AL Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran 72,173
Majority 35,157
Turnout 1,79,503
Registered electors 2,91,046
BNP gain from AL

References

  1. ^ Sylhet City Corporation Act, 2001, bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd।
  2. ^ "Former mayor of Sylhet City Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran dies at 69". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  3. ^ a b "সিলেটের মেয়র হলেন আরিফুল হক". Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Anwaruzzaman takes charge as Sylhet mayor". The Daily Star. 7 November 2023.
  5. ^ "দ্বিগুণ ভোটের ব্যবধানে আনোয়ারুজ্জামান মেয়র নির্বাচিত". Sylhetview24.com. Retrieved 21 June 2023.