# Rangpur City Corporation

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 is the second-largest city corporation in Bangladesh, covering a total area of 205.76 square kilometers with a population of approximately 796,556 people.
Rangpur City Corporation was established on 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 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. |

## 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 |
| Reserved Women's Councillor |||||
| 34 | Reserved women's seat-1 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 35 | Reserved women's seat-2 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 35 | Reserved women's seat-3 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 37 | Reserved women's seat-4 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 38 | Reserved women's seat-5 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 39 | Reserved women's seat-6 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 40 | Reserved women's seat-7 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 41 | Reserved women's seat-8 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 42 | Reserved women's seat-9 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 43 | Reserved women's seat-10 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |
| 44 | Reserved women's seat-11 | Vacant | TBD | TBD |

## List of mayors
### Status

* Acting Mayor or Administrator
| 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 | | Sharfuddin Ahmed Jhantu (1952-2018) | 2012 | 28 June 2012 | 20 December 2017 | 5 years, 145 days | Bangladesh Awami League | |
| 2 | | Mostafizur Rahman Mostafa | 2017 2022 | 21 December 2017 | 19 August 2024 | 6 years, 272 days | Jatiya Party (Ershad) | |
| – | | Md. Zakir Hossain (Administrator) | – | 19 August 2024 | Incumbent | 212 days | Independent | |

## Election
### Election Result 2022

Rangpur Mayoral Election 2022 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 96,906 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,52,882 | 65.88% (8.42pp) | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,26,469 | | |
| | JP(E) hold | JP(E) hold | JP(E) hold | JP(E) hold |