Rangpur City Corporation

Rangpur City Corporation

রংপুর সিটি কর্পোরেশন
Logo of the Rangpur City Corporation
Emblem of the Rangpur City Corporation
Type
Type
History
FoundedJune 28, 2012; 12 years ago (2012-06-28)
New session started
19 August 2024
Leadership
Vacant
since 19 August 2024
Umme Fatima
since 19 August 2024
Vacant
since 19 August 2024
Jayashree Rani Roy
since 8 October 2024
Structure
SeatsVacant seats
44 councillors
Length of term
Up to five years
Elections
First past the post
Last election
27 December 2022
Next election
TBD
Meeting place
Nagar Bhaban, Rangpur
Website
rpcc.gov.bd

Rangpur City Corporation (Bengali: রংপুর সিটি কর্পোরেশন - in short: RpCC), is a self-governing body that governs the municipal areas of Rangpur. The RpCC government is elected by popular vote every five years. It is headed by a mayor, who presides over 44 councillors. It’s follows The City Corporation act, 2009 from the Local Government Division and derives most of its powers from it.

Rangpur City Corporation established in 28 June 2012, is one of the city corporations of Bangladesh. Rangpur City Corporation is a formation under the local government administration of Bangladesh to regulate the city area of Rangpur, which is under the Ministry of Local Government & Rural Development (LGRD). Generally under local government, an election is held to elect a mayor of Rangpur City Corporation. Rangpur City Corporation's total area is 205.76 square kilometers with approximately has the population of 7,96,556 people in the city corporation area.[1] The first elected mayor of the Rangpur City Corporation during 2012–2017 is Sharfuddin Ahmed Jhantu.

Services

The Rangpur City Corporation is responsible for administering and providing basic infrastructure to the city.

  • Evict illegal installations.
  • Purify and supply water.
  • Treat and dispose of contaminated water and sewage.
  • Eliminate waterlogging.
  • Garbage removal and street cleaning.
  • To manage solid waste.
  • To arrange hospital and dispensary.
  • Construction and maintenance of roads.
  • Installation of electric street lights.
  • Establish car parking.
  • Maintenance parks and playground.
  • Maintenance of cemeteries and crematoriums.
  • Preparation of birth and death registration certificate.
  • Preserving the traditional place.
  • Disease control, immunization.
  • Establishment of city corporation schools and colleges.

Ward List

Ward serial of RCC

List of officeholders

Main article: Mayor of Rangpur
Status
  •   Acting Mayor or Administrator
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Election Term of office Political
party 		Reference
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Sharfuddin Ahmed Jhantu
(1952-2018) 		2012 28 June 2012 20 December 2017 5 years, 145 days Bangladesh Awami League [2][3]
2 Mostafizur Rahman Mostafa 2017
2022 		21 December 2017 19 August 2024 6 years, 272 days Jatiya Party (Ershad) [4][5]
– Md. Zakir Hossain
(Administrator) 		– 19 August 2024 Incumbent 124 days Independent

Election

Election Result 2022

Main article: 2022 Rangpur City Corporation election
Rangpur Mayoral Election 2022
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JP(E) Mostafizur Rahman Mostafa 1,46,798 52.44% N/A
IAB Md. Amiruzzaman Hossain 49,892 17.82% N/A
Independent Latifur Rahman Milon 33,883 12.10% N/A
AL Hosne Ara Lutfa Dalia 22,309 7.97% N/A
Majority 96,906
Turnout 2,52,882 65.88% (Decrease8.42pp)
Registered electors 4,26,469
JP(E) hold

References

  1. ^ "Rangpur City Corporation". rpcc.gov.bd.
  2. ^ "Ex-Rangpur city mayor Jhantu dies at age 66". bdnews24.com. 25 February 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  3. ^ "JP wins big in bastion". The Daily Star. 2017-12-22. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
  4. ^ "JP Mostafa wins Rangpur city polls". The Daily Star. 2017-12-21. Retrieved 2018-09-12.
  5. ^ "JP's Mostafizur re-elected in Rangpur mayoral polls". New Age (Bangladesh). Retrieved 2022-12-28.

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