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The 2022 Rangpur City Corporation election was a Bangladeshi local governmental election held on 27 December 2022. The City Corporation elections are held every five years, and this was the third of its kind in Rangpur. The mayor and 44 councilors of the corporation were elected in this election. A total of 9 candidates contested in the mayoral election, and other 246 contesting for general councils and reserved (women) seats.[1][2] Jatiya Party's Mostafizar Rahman Mostafa held the mayoral post by winning in a huge margin with ruling Awami League's candidate landing as fourth.
Prior to the election, Rangpur was the only city held by the Jatiya Party (Ershad),[3] the main opposition party in the Jatiya Sangsad.[4] It was also one of the two city corporations which was held by other parties except Awami League. According to political analysts, the elections held significance for the Awami League-government and the newly formed Election Commission under Kazi Habibul Awwal- because election commissions under the government is accused by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) of being a 'puppet commission' of the government to turn Bangladesh into a de facto one-party state under Awami League.[5][6][better source needed] As Cumilla City Corporation's mayoral post was lost by Bangladesh Nationalist Party to Awami League in an election in June same year, the accusations rose.[7][c]
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- ^ "CEC: Rangpur city polls will be free, fair". Dhaka Tribune. 13 December 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
- ^ "Candidates in Rangpur city polls given election symbols". New Age. 9 December 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
- ^ Karmaker, Kongkon (1 December 2022). "Rangpur city polls: JP relieved, AL troubled over rebels". The Daily Star. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
- ^ Badal, Liakat Ali (26 October 2022). "GM Quader cements power as Rangpur JaPa boycotts Ranga". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
- ^ "BNP calls upon JaPa MPs to resign". JagoNews24. 10 December 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
- ^ "BNP terms EC govt puppet". The New Nation. 19 December 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
- ^ কুমিল্লার নির্বাচনের 'ফলাফল বিতর্ক' নিয়ে যা বলল নির্বাচন কমিশন [What the Election Commission said about the 'result controversy' in the Comilla election]. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 19 June 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.