Rangpur City Corporation রংপুর সিটি কর্পোরেশন | |
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Type | |
Type | |
Term limits | 5 years |
History | |
Founded | June 28, 2012 |
New session started | 31 January 2022 |
Leadership | |
Deputy Mayor | Mahbubur Rahman Manju, JP(E) since 19 February 2023 |
Ruhul Amin Miah since 2020 | |
Structure | |
Seats | 1 mayor and 44 councillors |
Political groups | Majority (23)
Minority (21) |
Elections | |
First past the post | |
Last election | 27 December 2022 |
Next election | December 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.
The Rangpur City Corporation is responsible for administering and providing basic infrastructure to the city.
Main article: Mayor of Rangpur |
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Election | Term of office | Tenure | Party | Reference | ||
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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, 228 days | Jatiya Party (Ershad) | [4][5] |
Main article: 2022 Rangpur City Corporation election |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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% (8.42pp) | |||
Registered electors | 4,26,469 | ||||
JP(E) hold |