# Gazipur City Corporation

Gazipur City Corporation (Bengali: গাজীপুর সিটি কর্পোরেশন, abbreviated as GCC), is a local governing body that manages all civic services in the city of Gazipur, Bangladesh. The GCC administration is elected by popular vote every five years. It is headed by a mayor, who presides over 76 councillors. It follows The City Corporation act, 2009 and derives most of its powers from it.
Gazipur City Corporation was established in 2013, it 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. As of 2018, Gazipur City Corporation had 1.1 million voters.

## Services

The Gazipur 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

Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) has announced a budget of ৳4920 crore (US$400 million) for 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 |
| 28 | Ward-28 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 29 | Ward-29 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 30 | Ward-30 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 31 | Ward-31 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 32 | Ward-32 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 33 | Ward-33 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 34 | Ward-34 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 35 | Ward-35 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 36 | Ward-36 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 37 | Ward-37 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 38 | Ward-38 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 39 | Ward-39 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 40 | Ward-40 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 41 | Ward-41 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 42 | Ward-42 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 43 | Ward-43 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 44 | Ward-44 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 45 | Ward-45 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 46 | Ward-46 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 47 | Ward-47 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 48 | Ward-48 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 49 | Ward-49 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 50 | Ward-50 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 51 | Ward-51 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 52 | Ward-52 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 53 | Ward-53 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 54 | Ward-54 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 55 | Ward-55 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 56 | Ward-56 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 57 | Ward-57 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| Reserved Women's Councillor |||||
| 58 | Reserved women's seat-1 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 59 | Reserved women's seat-2 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 60 | Reserved women's seat-3 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 61 | Reserved women's seat-4 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 62 | Reserved women's seat-5 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 63 | Reserved women's seat-6 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 64 | Reserved women's seat-7 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 65 | Reserved women's seat-8 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 66 | Reserved women's seat-9 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 67 | Reserved women's seat-10 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 68 | Reserved women's seat-11 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 69 | Reserved women's seat-12 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 70 | Reserved women's seat-13 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 71 | Reserved women's seat-14 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 72 | Reserved women's seat-15 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 73 | Reserved women's seat-16 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 74 | Reserved women's seat-17 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 75 | Reserved women's seat-18 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 76 | Reserved women's seat-19 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |

## List of officeholders
### Status

| 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 | | M. A. Mannan (1950–2022) | 2013 | 6 July 2013 | 11 February 2015 | 1 year, 220 days | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | |
| — | | 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 | |
| — | | 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 | |
| — | | Asadur Rahman Kiron | – | 26 November 2021 | 25 May 2023 | 1 year, 180 days | Bangladesh Awami League | |
| 3 | | Jayeda Khatun | 2023 | 26 May 2023 | 19 August 2024 | 1 year, 85 days | Independent | |
| – | | Md. Sabirul Islam (Administrator) | – | 19 August 2024 | 11 ‍September 2024 | 23 days | Independent | - |
| – | | Sharaf Uddin Ahmed Chowdhury (Administrator) | – | 31 October 2024 | Incumbent | 133 days | Independent | - |

## Elections
### Election Result 2023

Gazipur Mayoral Election 2023 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 16,198 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 573,275 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,179,486 | | |
| | Independent gain from AL | Independent gain from AL | Independent gain from AL | Independent gain from AL | Independent gain from AL |

### Election Result 2018

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

### Election Result 2013

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

## Important establishments

* Islamic University of Technology (IUT)
* Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University (BSMRAU)
* Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI)
* Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI)
* Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology (DUET)
* Rani Bilashmoni Govt. Boys' High School
* Seed Certification Agency (SCA)
* National Agricultural Training Academy (NATA)
* Agricultural Training Institute (ATI)
* Shahid Tazuddin Ahmed Medical College
* Joydebpur Govt. Girls' High School
* Bhawal Badre Alam Govt. University College
* National University
* Bangladesh Open University
* Bangladesh Machine Tools Factory Ltd. (BMTF)
* Security Printing Press Ltd.
* Bangladesh Ordinance Factory(BOF)
* Bangladesh Diesel Plant Ltd.
* Ansar Academy
* Bangabandhu Safari Park
* Hi-tech Park