Rangpur City Corporation
Rangpur City Corporation রংপুর সিটি কর্পোরেশন | ||
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Chief Executive Officer | Ruhul Amin Miah since 2020 | |
Structure | ||
Seats | 1 mayor and 44 councillors | |
Political groups | Majority (23)
Minority (21) | |
Elections | ||
First past the post | ||
Last election | 27 December 2022 | |
Next election | December 2027 | |
Meeting place | ||
Nagar Bhaban, Rangpur | ||
Website | ||
rpcc.gov.bd |
Rangpur City Corporation (
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
List of officeholders
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Election | Term of office | Tenure | Party | Reference | ||
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Sharfuddin Ahmed Jhantu (1952-2018) |
2012 | 28 June 2012 | 20 December 2017 | 5 years, 145 days | Bangladesh Awami League
|
[2][3] | ||
Mostafizur Rahman Mostafa | 2017 2022 |
21 December 2017 | Present | 6 years, 158 days | Jatiya Party (Ershad) | [4][5] |
Election
Election Result 2022
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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% (8.42pp) | |||
Registered electors | 4,26,469 | ||||
JP(E) hold |
References
- ^ "Rangpur City Corporation". rpcc.gov.bd.
- ^ "Ex-Rangpur city mayor Jhantu dies at age 66". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
- ^ "JP wins big in bastion". The Daily Star. 2017-12-22. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
- ^ "JP Mostafa wins Rangpur city polls". The Daily Star. 2017-12-21. Retrieved 2018-09-12.
- ^ "JP's Mostafizur re-elected in Rangpur mayoral polls". New Age | The Most Popular Outspoken English Daily in Bangladesh. Retrieved 2022-12-28.