The 2022 Rangpur City Corporation election was a local government election in the city of Rangpur, Bangladesh, held on 27 December 2022 to elect the Mayor of Rangpur and the Rangpur City Council. The election resulted in a victory for the Jatiya Party (Ershad) candidate Mostafizar Rahman Mostafa. In the 44-member City Council, the Awami League won 14 seats, while Jatiya Party won 9 seats, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party won 2 seats, the Socialist Party of Bangladesh won 1 seat, and independents won 18 seats. 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), the main opposition party in the Jatiya Sangsad. 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. 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.

Background City Corporations or City Councils are the highest tier among the local councils of Bangladesh— usually composed of cities or metropolitan areas. Elections are held every five years to elect the mayors and ward councilors. Cities are divided into wards. A councilor is elected for each ward by the ward residents. For every three wards, another council seat is reserved for a woman, and is filled by the votes of the residents of those wards.

The Rangpur City Corporation (RpCC) is one of the 12 City Corporations in Bangladesh. It comprises the metropolitan Rangpur. It is further divided into 33 wards. The corporation in Rangpur was founded in 2012 and the first election was held the same year, electing Sharfuddin Ahmed Jhantu as the first mayor.

Politically, the Rangpur region is considered a 'bastion' of Jatiya Party, with also consisting a large number Awami League supporters. In the past two elections, first was won by an Awami League candidate who was a past member of Jatiya Party and the last was won by a Jatiya Party candidate.

Candidacy Mayoral election Name Election symbol  Party References Mostafizur Rahman Mostafa Jatiya Party (Ershad) Hosne Ara Lutfa Dalia Nouka (Boat) Bangladesh Awami League Md Amiruzzaman Hatpakha (Hand fan) Islami Andolon Bangladesh Abu Rayhan Dab (Green coconut) Bangladesh Congress Safiur Rahman Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal Touhidur Rahman Mondol Deyalghori (Wall clock) Khelafat Majlish Khorshed Alam Lal golap (Red rose) Zaker Party Mehedi Hasan Bony Horin (Deer) Independent Latifur Rahman Milon Independent

Mayoral election results

Council election results Party-wise +2022 RpCC council election results (party-wise)PartySeatsWard CouncilorsReserved Women CouncilorsTotal CouncilorsBangladesh Awami League1414Jatiya Party-JaPa (Ershad)639Bangladesh Nationalist Party22Socialist Party of Bangladesh-BaSaD11Independent(s)10818Total331144

Ward-wise +List of winner councilors of 2022 RpCC electionCouncil seatWinner partyWinner candidateWard Councilor 01 JaPa (E) Rafiqul IslamWard Councilor 02 AL Ghulam Sarwar MirzaWard Councilor 03 JaPa (E) Aseq AliWard Councilor 04 AL Haradhan Chandra RoyWard Councilor 05 Independent Mukhlesur RahmanWard Councilor 06 Independent Abu Hasan ChanchalWard Councilor 07 Independent Anwarul IslamWard Councilor 08 Independent Afsar AliWard Councilor 09 Independent Nazrul Islam DewaniWard Councilor 10 Independent KamruzzamanWard Councilor 11 Independent Wazedul ArefinWard Councilor 12 Independent Maqbul HossainWard Councilor 13 AL Fazle IlahiWard Councilor 14 BaSaD Mamdel Hossain SarkerWard Councilor 15 AL Zakaria AlamWard Councilor 16 AL Aminur RahmanWard Councilor 17 AL Abdul GhaffarWard Councilor 18 Independent Masud RanaWard Councilor 19 JaPa (E) Mahmudur RahmanWard Councilor 20 AL Tauhidul IslamWard Councilor 21 JaPa (E) Mahabubar RahmanWard Councilor 22 AL Mizanur RahmanWard Councilor 23 Independent Liton ParvezWard Councilor 24 AL Rafiqul IslamWard Councilor 25 Independent Nurunnabi FuluWard Councilor 26 AL Shahzada ArmanWard Councilor 27 Independent Rezwar Al MehediWard Councilor 28 AL Shahadat HossainWard Councilor 29 AL Harun Ur RashidWard Councilor 30 AL Jahangir AlamWard Councilor 31 JaPa (E) Samsul HaqueWard Councilor 32 AL Shahadat HusseinWard Councilor 33 JaPa (E) Minazul IslamReserved Women Councilor-1 Independent Dilara BegumReserved Women Councilor-2 Independent Sultana ParveenReserved Women Councilor-3 JaPa (E) Muslemah BegumReserved Women Councilor-4 Independent Shamima AkhterReserved Women Councilor-5 Independent Moslema BegumReserved Women Councilor-6 Independent Zahida AnwariReserved Women Councilor-7 JaPa (E) Ferdousi BegumReserved Women Councilor-8 JaPa (E) Hasna BanuReserved Women Councilor-9 Independent Manoara SultanaReserved Women Councilor-10 Independent Shazmin Nahar SheulyReserved Women Councilor-11 Independent Jharna Khatun

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