Mayor of Rangpur

Mayor of Rangpur
Incumbent
Vacant
since 19 August 2024
Rangpur City Corporation
StyleHonourable (formal)
TypeCouncil Leader
Member ofRangpur City Corporation
SeatNagar Bhaban, Rangpur
Appointer
Term length
  • Five years, renewable
Constituting instrument
The City Corporation act, 2009
Inaugural holderSharfuddin Ahmed Jhantu
Formation28 June 2012; 14 years ago (2012-06-28)
Salary৳150000 (US$1,200)
per month
(incl. allowances)
Websitewww.rpcc.gov.bd

The mayor of Rangpur City is the highest ranking official of the Rangpur City Corporation in Bangladesh. The mayor's office administers all city services, public property, most public agencies, and enforces all city and state laws within Rangpur City.

The mayor's office is located in Nagar Bhaban; it has jurisdiction over all 33 wards of Rangpur City.[citation needed]

List of officeholders

Political parties
Other factions
Status
No. Portrait Officeholder
(birth–death)		 Election Term of office Designation Political
party		 Reference
From To Period
1 Sharfuddin Ahmed Jhantu
(1952-2018)		 2012 28 June 2012 20 December 2017 5 years, 145 days Mayor Bangladesh Awami League
2 Mostafizur Rahman Mostafa 2017
2022		 21 December 2017 19 August 2024 6 years, 272 days Mayor Jatiya Party (Ershad)
– Md. Zakir Hossain – 19 August 2024 Incumbent 2 years, 72 days Administrator Independent

Election

Election Result 2022

Rangpur Mayoral Election 2022
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JP(E) Mostafizur Rahman Mostafa 146,798 52.44 −2.57
IAB Md. Amiruzzaman Hossain 49,892 17.82 +9.65
Independent Latifur Rahman Milon 33,883 12.10 +11.31
AL Hosne Ara Lutfa Dalia 22,309 7.97 −13.22
Majority 96,906 34.28 −1.54
Turnout 252,882 65.88 −8.35
Registered electors 426,469
JP(E) hold

Election Result 2017

Rangpur Mayoral Election 2017
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JP(E) Mostafizur Rahman Mostafa 159,824 55.01 –
AL Sharfuddin Ahmed Jhantu 61,557 21.19 —
BNP Kawsar Zaman Babla 34,791 11.97 —
IAB A. T. M. Golam Mostafa Babu 23,718 8.17 —
Independent Hossain Maqbul Shahriar Asif 2,306 0.79 New
BSD Abdul Quddus 1,245 0.43 —
NPP Md. Selim Akhter 807 0.28 New
Rejected ballots 6,273 2.16
Majority 98,267 33.82 —
Turnout 290,521 74.23 —
Registered electors 391,366
JP(E) hold

References

  1. ↑ "Rangpur City Corporation". rpcc.gov.bd.
  2. ↑ "Ex-Rangpur city mayor Jhantu dies at age 66". bdnews24.com. 25 February 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  3. ↑ "JP wins big in bastion". The Daily Star. 22 December 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  4. ↑ "JP Mostafa wins Rangpur city polls". The Daily Star. 21 December 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  5. ↑ "JP's Mostafizur re-elected in Rangpur mayoral polls". New Age. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  6. ↑ "JP wins big in bastion". The Daily Star. 22 December 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2020.