Rangpur City Corporation
Rangpur City Corporation রংপুর সিটি কর্পোরেশন | |
|---|---|
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| Type | |
| Type | |
| History | |
| Founded | June 28, 2012 |
New session started | 19 August 2024 |
| Leadership | |
Vacant since 19 August 2024 | |
Vacant since 19 August 2024 | |
Umme Fatima since 19 August 2024 | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | Vacant seats 44 councillors |
Length of term | Up to five years |
| Elections | |
| First past the post | |
Last election | 27 December 2022 |
Next election | TBD |
| Meeting place | |
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| Nagar Bhaban, Rangpur | |
| Website | |
| rpcc.gov.bd | |
Rangpur City Corporation (Bengali: রংপুর সিটি কর্পোরেশন; abbreviated as RpCC), is a local governing body that governs the city of Rangpur and some adjoining areas. It is responsible for managing civic services, under the Ministry of Local Government & Rural Development (LGRD). RpCC follows The City Corporation act, 2009. Rangpur City Corporation's total area is 205.76 square kilometers with approximately has the population of 7,96,556 people.[1] It is the second largest city corporation in Bangladesh by area.
Rangpur City Corporation was established in 28 June 2012. The RpCC government is elected by popular vote every five years, with the Mayor serving as the head of the corporation. The Mayor is supported by a council of 55 elected councillors who represent different wards of the city. 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.
- Evict illegal installations.
- Purify and supply water.
- Treat and dispose of contaminated water and sewage.
- Eliminate waterlogging.
- Garbage removal and street cleaning.
- To manage solid waste.
- To arrange hospital and dispensary.
- Construction and maintenance of roads.
- Installation of electric street lights.
- Establish car parking.
- Maintenance parks and playground.
- Maintenance of cemeteries and crematoriums.
- Preparation of birth and death registration certificate.
- Preserving the traditional place.
- Disease control, immunization.
- Establishment of city corporation schools and colleges.
Ward List
List of officeholders
- Status
- Acting Mayor or Administrator
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Election | Term of office | Political party |
Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| 1 | Sharfuddin Ahmed Jhantu (1952-2018) |
2012 | 28 June 2012 | 20 December 2017 | 5 years, 145 days | Bangladesh Awami League | [2][3] | |
| 2 | Mostafizur Rahman Mostafa | 2017 2022 |
21 December 2017 | 19 August 2024 | 6 years, 272 days | Jatiya Party (Ershad) | [4][5] | |
| – | Md. Zakir Hossain (Administrator) |
– | 19 August 2024 | Incumbent | 126 days | Independent | ||
Election
Election Result 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% ( 8.42pp)
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| Registered electors | 4,26,469 | ||||
| JP(E) hold | |||||
References
- ^ "Rangpur City Corporation". rpcc.gov.bd.
- ^ "Ex-Rangpur city mayor Jhantu dies at age 66". bdnews24.com. 25 February 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
- ^ "JP wins big in bastion". The Daily Star. 2017-12-22. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
- ^ "JP Mostafa wins Rangpur city polls". The Daily Star. 2017-12-21. Retrieved 2018-09-12.
- ^ "JP's Mostafizur re-elected in Rangpur mayoral polls". New Age (Bangladesh). Retrieved 2022-12-28.