2018 Sylhet City Corporation election

The 2018 election for mayor of Sylhet City Corporation was held on 30 July 2018. Sylhet is a city in Bangladesh. The result was again a victory for the Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate Ariful Haque Choudhury.^[2]

2018 Sylhet City Corporation election

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Registered	3,18,138
Turnout	63.36%
Mayoral election
30 July 2018
Nominee Ariful Haque Choudhury Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran Party BNP AL Popular vote 92,588 86,392 Percentage 47.74%[1] 44.54%
Mayor before election Ariful Haque Choudhury BNP Elected Mayor Ariful Haque Choudhury BNP
Council election
30 July 2018 36 seats in the Sylhet City Corporation
Party Leader Seats +/– AL Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran 19 +6 BNP Ariful Haque Choudhury 11 −6 JI Ehsanul Mahbub 2 0 Independent — 4 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Mayoral election results

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Ariful Haque Choudhury	Bangladesh Nationalist Party	92,588	47.74
	Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran	Bangladesh Awami League	86,392	44.54
	Ehsanul Mahbub Jubayer	Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami	10,954	5.65
	Moazzem Hossain	Islami Andolan Bangladesh	2,195	1.13
	Md. Abu Jafar	Socialist Party of Bangladesh	909	0.47
	Badruzzaman Salim	Independent	592	0.31
	Ehsanul Haque Taher	Independent	314	0.16
Total			193,944	100.00
Valid votes			193,944	96.21
Invalid/blank votes			7,633	3.79
Total votes			201,577	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			318,138	63.36
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Council election results

Party-wise

2018 SCC council election results (party-wise)

Party		Seats
		Ward Councilors	Reserved Women Councilors	Total Councilors
	Bangladesh Awami League	14	5	19
	Bangladesh Nationalist Party	9	2	11
	Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami	2	—	2
	Independent	2	2	4
Total		27	9	36