The 2020 Dhaka North City Corporation election was a local government election in the city of Dhaka, Bangladesh, held on 1 February 2020 to elect the mayor of North Dhaka and the Dhaka North City Council. A total of six candidates participated in the election. The election resulted in a victory for the Awami League candidate Atiqul Islam. In the 72 member city council, the Awami League won 62 seats, while independents won 7 seats, the BNP won 2 seats, and the JP(E) won 1 seat. However, the results were rejected by the main opposition candidate, Tabith Awal of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. This election was criticized by opposition parties and observers for low voter turnout and allegations of irregularities, and it was not seen by many as a fully free and fair election.
It was the first major election in Bangladesh conducted entirely using electronic voting machines (EVMs) alongside the 2020 Dhaka South City Corporation election. Previously the country had made only limited use of EVMs. The ruling Awami League supported the adoption of EVMs. BNP and Communist Party of Bangladesh 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.
Candidates The election was mainly contested between candidates of the two major political parties in Bangladesh: + List of mayoral candidates PartyFlagSymbolCandidates Bangladesh Awami League Atiqul Islam Bangladesh Nationalist Party Tabith Awal Other minor candidates from smaller parties and independent candidates also participated.
Timeline Poll Event Schedule Official declaration from the Election Commission 22 December 2019 Declaration of the schedule 22 December 2019 Application deadline for candidates 31 December 2019 Scrutiny of nomination 2 January 2020 Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination 9 January 2020 Symbol allocation 10 January 2020 Start of campaign period 10 January 2020 End of campaign period 30 January 2020 Date of Poll 1 February 2020 Date of Counting of Votes 1 February 2020
Mayoral election results +Election resultsCandidatePartyVotesPercentage+/-Atiqul IslamBangladesh Awami League447,21158.67-30.83Tabith AwalBangladesh Nationalist Party264,16134.66NewSheikh Fazle Bari MasoudIslami Andolan Bangladesh28,2003.701.64Ahammed SajedulCommunist Party of Bangladesh15,1221.98NewShahin Khan National People's Party3,8530.51-0.44Anisur Rahman DewanProgressive Democratic Party2,1110.28-0.64Rejected ballots1,5300.20-1.79Majority183,05024.02-59.42Turnout762,18825.30-5.75Total registered voters3,012,509 0.76 AL hold-32.745
Council election results Party-wise +2020 DNCC council election results (party-wise)PartyLeaderCouncilor contested seatsCouncilor elected in SeatsWard CouncilorsReserved Women Councilors Bangladesh Awami LeagueAtiqul Islam724418 Bangladesh Nationalist PartyTabith Awal7220 Jatiya Party (Ershad)Didn't participateunknown10 Independentunknown70Total725418
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