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Gazipur City Corporation (Bengali: গাজীপুর সিটি কর্পোরেশন - in short: GCC) established in 2013, is one of the city corporations of Bangladesh. Gazipur City Corporation's total area is 329.23 square kilometers with approximately has the population of 2,674,697 people in the city corporation area.^[1]^[2] As of 2018, Gazipur City Corporation had 1.1 million voters.^[3]

Gazipur City Corporation গাজীপুর সিটি কর্পোরেশন
Type
Type	City Corporation
Term limits	5 years
History
Founded	16 January 2013; 11 years ago (2013-01-16)
New session started	11 September 2023 (Oath taken on 3 July 2023)
Leadership
Mayor	Jayeda Khatun, Independent since 11 September 2023
Deputy Mayor	Md. Masudul Hasan Billal, AL since 4 December 2023
Chief Executive Officer	A.S.M. Shofiul Azam since 7 January 2022
Structure
Seats	1 mayor and 76 councillors

Political groups	Majority (61) AL (61) Minority (15) BNP (15)
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
First election	6 July 2013
Last election	25 May 2023
Next election	May 2028
Meeting place
Nagar Bhaban, Gazipur
Website
gcc.gov.bd

Services

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The Gazipur 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 of parks and playgrounds.
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.

List of officeholders

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No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Election	Term of office			Political party	Reference
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Election	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party	Reference
1		M. A. Mannan (1950–2022)	2013	6 July 2013	11 February 2015	1 year, 220 days	Bangladesh Nationalist Party	^[4]^[5]
—		Asadur Rahman Kiron	–	1 March 2015	1 June 2017	2 years, 92 days	Bangladesh Awami League
1		M. A. Mannan (1950–2022)	–	1 June 2017	6 July 2017	35 days	Bangladesh Nationalist Party	^[6]
—		Asadur Rahman Kiron	–	7 July 2017	17 July 2018	1 year, 10 days	Bangladesh Awami League
2		Zahangir Alam	2018	27 July 2018	25 November 2021	3 years, 121 days	Bangladesh Awami League	^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]
—		Asadur Rahman Kiron	–	26 November 2021	11 September 2023	1 year, 289 days	Bangladesh Awami League
3		Jayeda Khatun	2023	11 September 2023	Incumbent	313 days	Independent	^[11]

Elections

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Election Result 2023

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Gazipur Mayoral Election 2023
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Jayeda Khatun	238,934	41.7%
	AL	Azmat Ullah Khan	222,736	38.9%
	IAB	Gazi Ataur Rahman	45,352	7.9%
	Independent	Sarkar Shah Nur Islam	23,265	4.1%
	Gano Front	Atiqul Islam	16,974	2.9%
	JP(E)	MM Niaz Uddin	16,382	2.9%
	Zaker Party	Raju Ahmed	7,206	1.3%
	Independent	Harun-or-Rashid	2,426	0.4%
Majority			16,198
Turnout			573,275
Registered electors			1,179,486
	Independent gain from AL

Election Result 2018

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Gazipur Mayoral Election 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	±%
	AL	Zahangir Alam	4,00,010	N/A
	BNP	Hasan Uddin Sarkar	1,97,611	N/A
Majority			2,02,399
Turnout			6,02,199
Registered electors			11,37,112
	AL gain from BNP

Election Result 2013

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Gazipur Mayoral Election 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	±%
	BNP	M. A. Mannan	3,65,444	N/A
	AL	Azmat Ullah Khan	2,58,867	N/A
Majority			1,06,577
Turnout			6,54,311
Registered electors			10,26,938
	BNP win (new seat)

Important establishments

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References

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^ "Gazipur City Corporation". gazipurcity.com.

^ Population and Housing Census 2022: Preliminary Report. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. August 2022. p. 10. ISBN 978-984-35-2977-0.

^ Akand, Raihanul Islam (23 June 2020). "Road conditions are hot topic for Gazipur polls". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 21 July 2020.

^ "GCC Mayor Mannan arrested in city". Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha. 11 February 2015. Archived from the original on 25 August 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2016.

^ "First mayor of Gazipur city MA Mannan no more". The Daily Star. 2022-04-28. Retrieved 2022-05-01.

^ "Gazipur city mayor suspended again". The Daily Star. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2018.

^ "AL's Jahangir Alam elected Gazipur mayor". The Daily Star. 2018-06-26. Retrieved 2018-09-16.

^ "New Gazipur city mayor sworn in". The Independent. Dhaka. 2018-07-26. Retrieved 2018-09-16.

^ "Awami League's Zahangir Alam elected Gazipur mayor". Dhaka Tribune. 2018-06-27. Retrieved 2018-09-16.

^ "Gazipur mayor Jahangir Alam suspended". Dhaka Tribune. 2021-11-25. Retrieved 2021-11-25.

^ "Zayeda Khatun pulls off surprise win in Gazipur mayoral race". www.dhakatribune.com. 2023-05-26. Retrieved 2023-05-25.

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