Rangpur City Corporation

রংপুর সিটি কর্পোরেশন
Logo of the Rangpur City Corporation
Type
Type
Term limits
5 years
History
FoundedJune 28, 2012; 11 years ago (2012-06-28)
New session started
31 January 2022
Leadership
Mostafizur Rahman Mostafa, JP(E)
since 21 December 2017
Deputy Mayor
Mahbubur Rahman Manju, JP(E)
since 19 February 2023
Ruhul Amin Miah
since 2020
Structure
Seats1 mayor and 44 councillors
Political groups
Majority (23)
  •   AL (14)
  •   JP(E) (9)

Minority (21)

  •   BNP (2)
  •   BSD (1)
  •   Independent (18)
Elections
First past the post
Last election
2022
Next election
2027
Meeting place
Nagar Bhaban, Rangpur
Website
rpcc.gov.bd

Rangpur City Corporation (Bengali: রংপুর সিটি কর্পোরেশন - in short: RCC) established in 28 June 2012, is one of the city corporations of Bangladesh. Current mayor of RpCC is Mostafizar Rahman Mostafa who was Nominated by Jatiya Party. Rangpur City Corporation is a formation under the local government administration of Bangladesh to regulate the city area of Rangpur, which is under the Ministry of Local Government & Rural Development (LGRD). Generally under local government, an election is held to elect a mayor of Rangpur City Corporation. Rangpur City Corporation's total area is 205.76 square kilometers with approximately has the population of 7,96,556 people in the city corporation area.[1] The first elected mayor of the Rangpur City Corporation during 2012–2017 is Sharfuddin Ahmed Jhantu.

Services

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

Ward List

Ward serial of RCC

List of officeholders

Main article: Mayor of Rangpur

Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Election Term of office Tenure Party Reference
Sharfuddin Ahmed Jhantu
(1952-2018)
2012 28 June 2012 20 December 2017 5 years, 145 days Bangladesh Awami League [2][3]
Mostafizur Rahman Mostafa 2017
2022
21 December 2017 Present 6 years, 95 days Jatiya Party (Ershad) [4][5]

Election

Election Result 2022

Main article: 2022 Rangpur City Corporation election

Rangpur Mayoral Election 2022
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JP(E) Mostafizur Rahman Mostafa 1,46,798 52.44% N/A
IAB Md. Amiruzzaman Hossain 49,892 17.82% N/A
Independent Latifur Rahman Milon 33,883 12.10% N/A
AL Hosne Ara Lutfa Dalia 22,309 7.97% N/A
Majority 96,906
Turnout 2,52,882 65.88% (Decrease8.42pp)
Registered electors 4,26,469
JP(E) hold

References

  1. ^ "Rangpur City Corporation". rpcc.gov.bd.
  2. ^ "Ex-Rangpur city mayor Jhantu dies at age 66". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  3. ^ "JP wins big in bastion". The Daily Star. 2017-12-22. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
  4. ^ "JP Mostafa wins Rangpur city polls". The Daily Star. 2017-12-21. Retrieved 2018-09-12.
  5. ^ "JP's Mostafizur re-elected in Rangpur mayoral polls". New Age | The Most Popular Outspoken English Daily in Bangladesh. Retrieved 2022-12-28.

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