# Cumilla City Corporation

Cumilla City Corporation (Bengali: কুমিল্লা সিটি কর্পোরেশন) is a local governing body that administered all civic services in the city of Comilla, Bangladesh. The city corporation government is elected by popular vote every five years. It is headed by a mayor, who presides over 36 councillors. It follows The City Corporation Act, 2009 and derives most of its powers from it.
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.

## 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. An administrative proposition, issued from the Comilla district administration, was passed on 20 August 2009. 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. 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.
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 city corporation has 37 members, containing 27 councilors, 9 woman councilors led by the mayor. 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 the 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. 2024 Comilla City Corporation by-election

## Services

The Cumilla City Government is responsible for administering and providing basic infrastructure to the city.
| Departments | Services |
| Electricity | Maintenance of road lighting and street lamps. |
| Urban Planning and Development | Development and renovation of roads, drains, canals, bridges, culverts and footpaths etc. |
| Urban Planning and Development | Land development and city beautification. |
| Urban Planning and Development | Urban expansion and development of planned residential areas. |
| Engineering | Granting permission to cut roads for laying gas, water lines. |
| Engineering | Building Design Approval, Contractor Registration, Contractor Renewal, Land Demarcation Certificate. |
| Transportation and Communication | Urban transport system and de-congestion. |
| Transportation and Communication | City traffic control and parking management. |
| Transportation and Communication | Emergency transportation and storage of corpses. |
| Transportation and Communication | Construction and Management of Bus Terminals. |
| Transportation and Communication | Road roller hire, provision of ambulance for sick patients. |
| Waste Management and Cleaning | Solid waste management and street cleaning. |
| Waste Management and Cleaning | Clearing drains and eliminating waterlogging. |
| Waste Management and Cleaning | Mosquito eradication. |
| Health | Management of Matrisadan Hospital and General Hospital Charitable Hospital and Homeo Charitable Hospital |
| Health | Immunization of mothers and children, deworming and conduct of vitamin A+ campaign under EPI programme. |
| Health | Diploma in Midwifery Institute and Management of Health Technology. |
| Registrar | Registration of births/deaths and issuance of certificates. |
| Registrar | Issuance of nationality, inheritance and character certificates. |
| Education | Conducting Secondary and Higher Secondary Schools, Furkaniya Madrasas, Sanskrit Tolls and Kindergartens. |
| Education | Management of computer institutes and technical training institutes. |
| Education | Management of Adult Education and Teacher Training Centres. |
| Education | Conducting theater institutes for healthy development in cultural activities. |
| Water Supply and Sewerage | Clean Water Supply and Sewerage Management in the entire City Corporation. |
| Revenue | New issue/renewal of trade license, change of name and change of ownership. |
| Revenue | Issuance of holding number, change of number, collection of holding tax and reduction of tax, cancellation of holding name etc. |
| Revenue | Allotment of shops owned by the Corporation, transfer of shops, allotment of market shops, lease of huts, maintenance of fixed assets of the Corporation. |
| Security and Law and Order | Coordinating with concerned authorities to ensure city security. |
| Security and Law and Order | Installing and monitoring CCTV cameras. |
| Magistracy | Settlement of cases through arbitration and appellate court proceedings. |
| Magistracy | Mobile court to conduct anti-adulteration campaign. |
| Housing and Public Works | Distribution of residential plots and flats to solve the city's housing crisis. |
| Social Welfare | Celebration of National Days, Annual Donations. |
| Social Welfare | Construction of children's parks to increase children's recreational facilities. |
| Environmental Protection | Controlling climate pollution and tackling the effects of climate change. |
| Environmental Protection | Greening and establishing urban gardens and planting trees. |

## Annual budget

The Cumilla City Corporation has announced a budget of ৳1044.50 crore (US$86 million) for the 2024-25 fiscal year.

## Ward and councillor list

| # | Ward | Councillor | Party | Party |
| 1 | Ward-1 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 2 | Ward-2 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 3 | Ward-3 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 4 | Ward-4 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 5 | Ward-5 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 6 | Ward-6 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 7 | Ward-7 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 8 | Ward-8 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 9 | Ward-9 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 10 | Ward-10 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 11 | Ward-11 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 12 | Ward-12 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 13 | Ward-13 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 14 | Ward-14 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 15 | Ward-15 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 16 | Ward-16 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 17 | Ward-17 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 18 | Ward-18 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 19 | Ward-19 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 20 | Ward-20 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 21 | Ward-21 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 22 | Ward-22 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 23 | Ward-23 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 24 | Ward-24 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 25 | Ward-25 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 26 | Ward-26 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 27 | Ward-27 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| Reserved Women's Councillor |||||
| 28 | Reserved women's seat-1 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 29 | Reserved women's seat-2 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 30 | Reserved women's seat-3 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 31 | Reserved women's seat-4 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 32 | Reserved women's seat-5 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 33 | Reserved women's seat-6 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 34 | Reserved women's seat-7 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 35 | Reserved women's seat-8 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 36 | Reserved women's seat-9 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |

## List of mayors
### Status

* Acting Mayor and Administrator^ by-election
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Election | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Reference |
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Election | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Political party | Reference |
| 1 | | Monirul Haque Sakku | 2012 | 5 January 2012 | 11 May 2017 | 10 years, 131 days | BNP | |
| 1 | | Monirul Haque Sakku | 2017 | 11 May 2017 | 16 May 2022 | 10 years, 131 days | BNP | |
| – | | 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 (Died in office) | 1 year, 161 days | AL | |
| 3 | | Dr. Tahseen Bahar Shuchona | 2024^ | 4 April 2024 | 19 August 2024 | 137 days | AL | |
| – | | Saif Uddin Ahmed (Administrator) | – | 19 August 2024 | Incumbent | 206 days | Independent | |

## Elections
### Election result 2022

Comilla Mayoral Election 2022 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AL | Arfanul Haque Rifat | 50,310 | 37.34 | N/A |
| | Independent | Monirul Haque Sakku | 49,967 | 37.08 | N/A |
| | Independent | Nizam Uddin Kaiser | 29,099 | 21.60 | N/A |
| | IAB | Rashedul Islam | 3,040 | 2.26 | N/A |
| | Independent | Kamrul Ahsan Babul | 2,329 | 1.73 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 343 | 0.26 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,34,776 | 58.62 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,29,920 | | |
| | AL gain from BNP | AL gain from BNP | AL gain from BNP | AL gain from BNP | AL gain from BNP |

### Election result 2017

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

### Election result 2012

Comilla Mayoral Election 2012 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BNP | Monirul Haque Sakku | 65,777 | | |
| | AL | Afzal Khan | 36,471 | | '"`UNIQ−−ref−00000031−QINU`"' | − class="vcard" | Independent | Nurul Rahman Tanim | 8,514 | − | − class="vcard" | JP(E) | Mohammad Selim | 7,961 | − |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 27,306 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,25,522 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,69,279 | | |
| | BNP win (new seat) | BNP win (new seat) | BNP win (new seat) | BNP win (new seat) | BNP win (new seat) |