Cumilla City Corporation

কুমিল্লা সিটি কর্পোরেশন
Logo of the Comilla City Corporation
Emblem of the Comilla City Corporation
Type
Type
Term limits
5 years
History
FoundedJuly 10, 2011 (2011-07-10)
New session started
16 January 2022
Leadership
Habibur Al Amin Saadi (in charge), AL
since 13 December 2023
D. Safiqul Islam
since 2020
Structure
Seats1 mayor and 36 councillors
Political groups
Administration (36)
  •   AL (21)
  •   BNP (5)
  •   Jamaat-e-Islami (2)
  •   Independent (8)
Elections
First past the post
Last election
2022
Next election
2027
Meeting place
Nagar Bhaban, Comilla
Website
cocc.portal.gov.bd

Cumilla City Corporation is a self-governed municipal administration in Bangladesh that administers and oversees development and maintenance works in the city of Comilla. The corporation covers an area of over 53.84 square kilometers in the Comilla District. The body was known as Comilla Municipality previously, until it obtained the City Corporation status by a ministry of local government declaration on 10 July 2011.[1]

History

The Comilla municipality was formed in the mid-1890s and the city remained as a municipality for over 125 years though the number of the population has been rising with time.[1] An administrative proposition, issued from the Comilla district administration, was passed on 20 August 2009.[2] The ministry of local government meeting on 4 March 2011 declared to turn at least four of the populated municipalities into city corporations, largely bringing Comilla as a suggestion as one of the contenders.[3] An administrative move was made on 23 June 2011 abolishing the Comilla Municipality as the final step to introduce the administrative body as a city corporation. Later on 10 July 2011, a ministry gazette named the Comilla Municipality as the new Comilla City Corporation.[1]

The city corporation is run by a joint staff of elected public representatives and government officials. Officials both come from departmental recruitment and the administrative cadre service of the country. The Comilla City Corporation has 37 members, containing 27 councilors, 9 woman councilors led by the mayor.[4] Bangladesh Election Commission is constituted to oversee city corporation polls, which sits in the office for a five-year tenure.

The first ever mayoral election of Comilla City Corporation was held on 5 January 2012, has an area of 200 kilometers, elected the municipality's Monirul Haque Sakku as its new mayor, 27 councilors and 9 woman councilors from 27 wards.[5]

Services

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

List of mayors

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Election Term of office Political
party		 Reference
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Monirul Haque Sakku 2012
2017		 5 January 2012 16 May 2022 10 years, 131 days Bangladesh Nationalist Party [6][7][8]
– Dr. Safiqul Islam
(Administrator)		 – 17 May 2022 5 July 2022 49 days Independent
2 Arfanul Haque Rifat (1958–2023) 2022 5 July 2022 13 December 2023 1 year, 161 days Bangladesh Awami League [9][10]

Elections

Election result 2022

Comilla Mayoral Election 2022
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Arfanul Haque Rifat 50,310 N/A
Independent Monirul Haque Sakku 49,967 N/A
Independent Nizam Uddin Kaiser 29,099 N/A
IAB Rashedul Islam 3,040 N/A
Independent Kamrul Ahsan Babul 2,329 N/A
Majority 343
Turnout 1,34,776
Registered electors 2,29,920
AL gain from BNP

Election result 2017

Comilla Mayoral Election 2017
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Monirul Haque Sakku 68,948
AL Anjum Sultana Sima 57,863
Majority 11,085
Turnout 1,32,690
Registered electors 2,07,566
BNP hold

Election result 2012

Comilla Mayoral Election 2012
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Monirul Haque Sakku 65,777
AL Afzal Khan 36,471 [11]
Independent Nurul Rahman Tanim 8,514
JP(E) Mohammad Selim 7,961
Majority 27,306
Turnout 1,25,522
Registered electors 1,69,279
BNP win (new seat)

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Comilla Now A City Corporation, BangladeshFirst.com, 11 July 2011, retrieved 2011-07-11
  2. ↑ কুমিল্লা সিটি করপোরেশন ঘোষণা: শহরে আনন্দ-উল্লাস (in Bengali), Sheersha News, 11 July 2011, archived from the original on 2012-03-26, retrieved 2011-07-11
  3. ↑ "Four new city corporation to be set up", The Daily Star, 4 March 2011, retrieved 2011-07-11
  4. ↑ Comilla City Polls Likely In December, BangladeshFirst.com, 17 October 2011, retrieved 2011-10-17
  5. ↑ সাক্কু বিজয়ী, Daily Manabzamin (in Bengali), 5 January 2011, retrieved 2012-01-05
  6. ↑ কুমিল্লার প্রথম মেয়র নির্বাচিত হলেন মনিরুল হক সাক্কু. bangla.irib.ir (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-10-18.
  7. ↑ "Sakku sinks AL favourite Afzal". thedailystar.net. Retrieved 2015-10-18.
  8. ↑ "monirul haque sakku mayor comilla city". mediander.com. Archived from the original on 2016-09-14. Retrieved 2015-10-18.
  9. ↑ "Arfanul Haque Rifat wins Cumilla city polls". The Financial Express. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  10. ↑ "AL picks Rifat for CCC polls". Risingbd.com. Retrieved 2022-06-16.
  11. ↑ কুমিল্লার প্রথম মেয়র হলেন সাক্কু. banglanews24.com (in Bengali). 5 January 2012.
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