Gazipur City Corporation
Local governing body of Gazipur, Bangladesh From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gazipur City Corporation (Bengali: গাজীপুর সিটি কর্পোরেশন - in short: GCC) established in 2013, is one of the city corporations of Bangladesh. Gazipur City Corporation's total area is 329.23 square kilometers with approximately has the population of 2,674,697 people in the city corporation area.[1][2] As of 2018, Gazipur City Corporation had 1.1 million voters.[3]
Gazipur City Corporation গাজীপুর সিটি কর্পোরেশন | |
|---|---|
| Type | |
| Type | |
| History | |
| Founded | 16 January 2013 |
New session started | 19 August 2024 |
| Leadership | |
Vacant since 19 August 2024 | |
Md. Sabirul Islam since 19 August 2024 | |
Vacant since 19 August 2024 | |
A.S.M. Shofiul Azam since 19 August 2024 | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 1 mayor and 76 councillors |
 | |
Political groups | Majority (61)
Minority (15)
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Length of term | Up to five years |
| Elections | |
| First past the post | |
First election | 6 July 2013 |
Last election | 25 May 2023 |
Next election | TBD |
| Meeting place | |
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| Nagar Bhaban, Gazipur | |
| Website | |
| gcc | |
The Gazipur 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 of parks and playgrounds.
- 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.
- 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 | M. A. Mannan (1950–2022) | 2013 | 6 July 2013 | 11 February 2015 | 1 year, 220 days | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | [4][5] | |
| — | Asadur Rahman Kiron | – | 1 March 2015 | 1 June 2017 | 2 years, 92 days | Bangladesh Awami League | ||
| 1 | M. A. Mannan (1950–2022) | – | 1 June 2017 | 6 July 2017 | 35 days | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | [6] | |
| — | Asadur Rahman Kiron | – | 7 July 2017 | 17 July 2018 | 1 year, 10 days | Bangladesh Awami League | ||
| 2 | Zahangir Alam | 2018 | 27 July 2018 | 25 November 2021 | 3 years, 121 days | Bangladesh Awami League | [7][8][9][10] | |
| — | Asadur Rahman Kiron | – | 26 November 2021 | 25 May 2023 | 1 year, 180 days | Bangladesh Awami League | ||
| 3 | Jayeda Khatun | 2023 | 26 May 2023 | 19 August 2024 | 1 year, 85 days | Independent | [11] | |
| – | Md. Sabirul Islam (Administrator) |
– | 19 August 2024 | Incumbent | 36 days | Independent | ||
Election Result 2023
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Jayeda Khatun | 238,934 | 41.7% | |||
| AL | Azmat Ullah Khan | 222,736 | 38.9% | |||
| IAB | Gazi Ataur Rahman | 45,352 | 7.9% | |||
| Independent | Sarkar Shah Nur Islam | 23,265 | 4.1% | |||
| Gano Front | Atiqul Islam | 16,974 | 2.9% | |||
| JP(E) | MM Niaz Uddin | 16,382 | 2.9% | |||
| Zaker Party | Raju Ahmed | 7,206 | 1.3% | |||
| Independent | Harun-or-Rashid | 2,426 | 0.4% | |||
| Majority | 16,198 | |||||
| Turnout | 573,275 | |||||
| Registered electors | 1,179,486 | |||||
| Independent gain from AL | ||||||
Election Result 2018
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Zahangir Alam | 4,00,010 | N/A | |||
| BNP | Hasan Uddin Sarkar | 1,97,611 | N/A | |||
| Majority | 2,02,399 | |||||
| Turnout | 6,02,199 | |||||
| Registered electors | 11,37,112 | |||||
| AL gain from BNP | ||||||
Election Result 2013
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP | M. A. Mannan | 3,65,444 | N/A | ||
| AL | Azmat Ullah Khan | 2,58,867 | N/A | ||
| Majority | 1,06,577 | ||||
| Turnout | 6,54,311 | ||||
| Registered electors | 10,26,938 | ||||
| BNP win (new seat) | |||||
 | This section may contain material not related to the topic of the article and should be moved to Gazipur instead. (July 2020) |
- Islamic University of Technology (IUT)
- Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University (BSMRAU)
- Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI)
- Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI)
- Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology (DUET)
- Rani Bilashmoni Govt. Boys' High School
- Seed Certification Agency (SCA)
- National Agricultural Training Academy (NATA)
- Agricultural Training Institute (ATI)
- Shahid Tazuddin Ahmed Medical College
- Joydebpur Govt. Girls' High School
- Bhawal Badre Alam Govt. University College
- National University
- Bangladesh Open University
- Bangladesh Machine Tools Factory Ltd. (BMTF)
- Security Printing Press Ltd.
- Bangladesh Ordinance Factory(BOF)
- Bangladesh Diesel Plant Ltd.
- Ansar Academy
- Bangabandhu Safari Park
- Hi-tech Park
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