- Source: 2018 Barishal City Corporation election
The 2018 Barishal City Corporation election was an election in Barisal, Bangladesh, held on 30 July 2018 to elect the next Mayor of Barisal. Serniabat Sadiq Abdullah was elected as second mayor of the Barishal City Corporation in August 2018.
Candidates
= Mayoral election
=Incidents
Before the elections, hundreds of Bangladesh Nationalist Party activists were detained.
BNP candidate Sarwar withdrew before the voting was completed alleging irregularities with the voting.
A mayoral candidate, Manisha Chakraborty of BSD, was assaulted as she protested snatching of ballot papers by AL supporters at a polling station in ward-17 in Barisal.
Results
= Mayoral election result
=Abdullah received 107,353 votes while his nearest rival, Mazibor Rahman Sarwar of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 13,135 votes.
Council election Results
= Party-wise
=Aftermath
The election was boycotted by the candidates of Communist Party of Bangladesh and Islami Andolon Bangladesh who alleged vote rigging.
They demanded the Election Commission postpone the polls.
New elected mayor Abdullah was sworn in office by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the Prime Minister's Office in Dhaka.
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- 2018 Barishal City Corporation election
- 2023 Barishal City Corporation election
- 2013 Barishal City Corporation election
- Barishal City Corporation
- 2018 Khulna City Corporation election
- Barisal
- List of mayors of Barisal
- List of cities and towns in Bangladesh
- 2023 Khulna City Corporation election
- 2024 Bangladeshi general election