Khulna City Corporation

খুলনা সিটি কর্পোরেশন
Type
Type
Term limits
5 years
History
FoundedDecember 12, 1984; 39 years ago (1984-12-12)
Preceded byKhulna Municipality
New session started
11 October 2023
(Oath taken on 3 July 2023)
Leadership
Talukder Abdul Khaleque, AL
since 20 May 2018
Deputy Mayor
SM Rafiuddin Ahmed, AL
since 3 November 2023
Lashkar Tajul Islam
since 6 April 2023
Structure
Seats1 mayor and 41 councillors
Political groups
Majority (39)
  •   AL (39)

Minority (2)

Elections
First past the post
Last election
12 June 2023
Next election
June 2028
Meeting place
Nagar Bhaban, Khulna
Website
khulnacity.portal.gov.bd

Khulna City Corporation (Bengali: খুলনা সিটি কর্পোরেশন - in short: KCC), Khulna Municipality, established in 1884, is one of the major divisional city corporations of Bangladesh. Before its establishment as city corporation, it was a municipal corporation in 1984. Current mayor of KCC is Talukder Abdul Khaleque who was advocated by Bangladesh Awami League. Basically, Khulna City Corporation is a formation under the local government administration of Bangladesh to regulate the city area of Khulna, which is under the Ministry of Local Government & Rural Development (LGRD). Generally under local government, an election is held to elect a mayor of Khluna City Corporation. This election is held in every 5 years. Khulna City Corporation is self-governing organizations, which runs on its own. To take care of legal issues of this corporation, Metropolitan Magistrate Court (CMM court) is there.

History

For the first time Khulna was declared as a Municipality by The Calcutta Gazettee on 8 September 1884. Gagan Chandra Dutta was the first chairman of the Khulna Municipality Board. That time Khulna municipality was consisted with Tootpara, Sheikhpara, Charabati, Helatala and Koyla ghat area.

After Independence of Bangladesh the Municipality renamed as Khulna Pouroshava by Bangladesh Local Council and Municipal Committee (desolation and administration arrangement) order - 1972.

In 1984 Khulna Municipality updated to Khulna Municipal Corporation on the 100th anniversary of the township by the president Hussein Muhammad Ershad.

Wards & Area

Khulna City Corporation consists with 31 wards. The area of the city corporation is 45.65 square Kilometers.

Population

The population of the city corporation as per 2022 census is 718,735. It is the third largest city corporation of Bangladesh in terms of total population.

Services

The Khulna City Corporation is responsible for administering and providing basic infrastructure to the city.

Elections

Election Result 2018

Khulna Mayoral Election 2018
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Talukder Abdul Khaleque 1,74,851 57.87
BNP Nazrul Islam Monju 1,09,251 32.11
AL gain from BNP

Election Result 2013

Khulna Mayoral Election 2013
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Md. Moniruzzaman Moni 1,80,093 54.15
AL Talukder Abdul Khaleque 1,19,422 33.32
BNP gain from AL

List of chairman

List of mayors

Main article: Mayor of Khulna
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Election Term of office Political
party 		Reference
Took office Left office Time in office
— Kazi Aminul Haque — 9 August 1988 9 December 1990 2 years, 77 days Independent
— A. K. M. Fazlul Haque Miah — 15 December 1990 22 May 1991 158 days Independent [2][failed verification]
1 Sheikh Tayebur Rahman (1936–2016)
  • 1994
  • 2002
 22 May 1991 29 November 2007 16 years, 191 days Bangladesh Nationalist Party [3]
2 Md. Moniruzzaman Moni – 20 November 2007 15 September 2008 300 days Bangladesh Nationalist Party
3 Talukder Abdul Khaleque 2008 14 September 2008 9 June 2013 4 years, 268 days Bangladesh Awami League [4]
— Azmal Ahmed — 30 June 2013 23 September 2013 85 days Bangladesh Awami League
4 Md. Moniruzzaman Moni 2013 23 September 2013 2 November 2015 2 years, 40 days Bangladesh Nationalist Party [5][6]
— Anisur Rahman Biswas — 3 November 2015 20 November 2016 1 year, 17 days Bangladesh Nationalist Party
4 Md. Moniruzzaman Moni — 21 November 2016 19 May 2018 1 year, 179 days Bangladesh Nationalist Party
5 Talukder Abdul Khaleque
20 May 2018 Incumbent 6 years, 52 days Bangladesh Awami League [7][8]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Administration". Khula City Corporation. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  2. ^ "Administration". khulnacity.org. Archived from the original on 2022-07-11. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
  3. ^ "I am not afraid, says Khulna mayor Tayebur". The Daily Star. 29 September 2007. Archived from the original on 18 December 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  4. ^ "AL candidates rule city polls". The Daily Star. 2008-08-05. Archived from the original on 2021-04-21. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  5. ^ কেসিসি নির্বাচনে মনিরুজ্জামান মনির প্রতি খুলনা বিএনপির পূর্ণ সমর্থন. Khulna News (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-10-27.
  6. ^ খুলনা সিটি মেয়র মনির সুস্থতা কামনায় দোয়া মাহফিল. desherkhobor.net (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-10-27.
  7. ^ "Khalek resigns as MP to contest Khulna city polls". Prothomalo. 11 April 2018. Archived from the original on 2021-04-21. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  8. ^ "Khaleque Wins". 16 May 2018. Archived from the original on 4 August 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2022.

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