Cumilla City Corporation
Cumilla City Corporation কুমিল্লা সিটি কর্পোরেশন | |
|---|---|
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| Type | |
| Type | |
| History | |
| Founded | July 10, 2011 (2011-07-10) |
New session started | 15 September 2025 |
| Leadership | |
Vacant since 19 August 2024 | |
Md. Shah Alam since 15 September 2025 | |
Vacant since 19 August 2024 | |
Mohammad Mamun since 15 September 2025 | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | Vacant seats36 councillors |
Length of term | Up to five years |
| Elections | |
| First past the post | |
First election | 5 January 2012 |
Last election | 9 March 2024 |
Next election | TBD |
| Meeting place | |
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| Nagar Bhaban, Comilla | |
| Website | |
| cocc | |
Cumilla City Corporation (Bengali: কুমিল্লা সিটি কর্পোরেশন) is a local government authority responsible for administering all civic services in the Comilla, the city of Bangladesh. The COCC government is elected by popular vote every five years. The corporation is headed by a mayor, who oversees a council consisting of 36 councillors representing different wards of the city. The functions and powers of the COCC are defined under the provisions of the the City Corporation Act, 2009.
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.[1]
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.[1] An administrative proposition, issued from the Comilla district administration, was passed on 20 August 2009.[2] 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.[3] 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.[1]
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.[4]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.[5]2024 Comilla City Corporation by-election
Functions and Services
The Cumilla City Corporation (COCC) is responsible for administering the city and ensuring the provision of essential infrastructure and public services. Its functions include urban planning, transport management, healthcare, education, waste management, water supply, and security. Through these services, COCC aims to improve the quality of life for residents and promote sustainable urban development.
| # | Departments | Functions / Services |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Office of the Mayor | Executive administration; city governance; supervision of all COCC services |
| 2 | Chief Executive Office | Departmental coordination; service implementation monitoring |
| 3 | Administration And Establishment | HR management; staff recruitment; service delivery monitoring |
| 4 | Finance and Accounts | Budget preparation; financial planning; payment processing; accounts management; internal audit |
| 5 | Engineering | Road-cutting permission; building design approval; contractor registration; land demarcation certificates |
| 6 | Urban Planning and Development | Road, drain, bridge, culvert and footpath development; land development; planned residential areas; city beautification |
| 7 | Electricity | Installation and maintenance of street lights; lamp-post management; city illumination |
| 8 | Transportation and Communication | Urban transport management; traffic & parking control; emergency transport; corpse handling; bus terminal management; road roller & ambulance services |
| 9 | Waste Management and Cleaning | Solid waste collection and disposal; street cleaning; drain clearing; mosquito control; landfill management |
| 10 | Health | Hospital & clinic management; maternal & child immunization; vitamin A campaigns; midwifery and health technology training |
| 11 | Registrar | Birth & death certificates; nationality, inheritance & character certificates |
| 12 | Education | Management of schools, madrasas, Sanskrit tolls, kindergartens, technical institutes; adult education; teacher training; cultural & theatre institutes |
| 13 | Water Supply and Sewerage | Clean water supply and sewerage management in the entire city corporation. |
| 14 | Revenue | Trade license issuance & renewal; holding tax collection; shop/market allotment; lease and asset management |
| 15 | Security and Law and Order | City security; joint operations with Cumilla District Police ; CCTV installation and monitoring |
| 16 | Magistracy | Arbitration-based case settlement; mobile courts; anti-adulteration drives |
| 17 | Housing and Public Works | Distribution and maintenance of residential plots and flats |
| 18 | Cultural and Social Development | National Day celebrations; charity programs; and children’s park and playground construction & maintenance |
| 19 | Environmental Protection | Pollution control; climate change mitigation; urban greening; tree plantation |
| 20 | ReligiousWelfare | Support for Eid, Puja, and religious events; Qurbani market permissions; land allocation for religious events |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ward-1 | Vacant | TBD | |
| 2 | Ward-2 | |||
| 3 | Ward-3 | |||
| 4 | Ward-4 | |||
| 5 | Ward-5 | |||
| 6 | Ward-6 | |||
| 7 | Ward-7 | |||
| 8 | Ward-8 | |||
| 9 | Ward-9 | |||
| 10 | Ward-10 | |||
| 11 | Ward-11 | |||
| 12 | Ward-12 | |||
| 13 | Ward-13 | |||
| 14 | Ward-14 | |||
| 15 | Ward-15 | |||
| 16 | Ward-16 | |||
| 17 | Ward-17 | |||
| 18 | Ward-18 | |||
| 19 | Ward-19 | |||
| 20 | Ward-20 | |||
| 21 | Ward-21 | |||
| 22 | Ward-22 | |||
| 23 | Ward-23 | |||
| 24 | Ward-24 | |||
| 25 | Ward-25 | |||
| 26 | Ward-26 | |||
| 27 | Ward-27 | |||
| Reserved Women's Councillor | ||||
| 28 | Reserved women's seat-1 | Vacant | TBD | |
| 29 | Reserved women's seat-2 | |||
| 30 | Reserved women's seat-3 | |||
| 31 | Reserved women's seat-4 | |||
| 32 | Reserved women's seat-5 | |||
| 33 | Reserved women's seat-6 | |||
| 34 | Reserved women's seat-7 | |||
| 35 | Reserved women's seat-8 | |||
| 36 | Reserved women's seat-9 | |||
List of mayors
- Status
| No. | Portrait | Officeholder(birth–death) | Election | Term of office | Designation | Political party | Reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Period | |||||||||
| 1 | Monirul Haque Sakku |
| 5 January 2012 | 16 May 2022 | 10 years, 131 days | Mayor | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | [6][7] | |||
| – | Dr. Safiqul Islam | – | 17 May 2022 | 5 July 2022 | 49 days | Administrator | Independent | ||||
| 2 |  |
| 2022 | 5 July 2022 | 13 December 2023† | 1 year, 161 days | Mayor | Bangladesh Awami League | [8][9] | ||
| 3 |  | Dr. Tahseen Bahar Shuchona | 2024^ | 4 April 2024 | 19 August 2024[10] | 137 days | Mayor | Bangladesh Awami League | [11][12] | ||
| – | Saif Uddin Ahmed | – | 19 August 2024 | Incumbent | 1 year, 171 days | Administrator | Independent | ||||
Past elections
Election Result 2024
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Tahseen Bahar Shuchona | 48,890 | 51.95 | +14.61 | |
| Independent | Monirul Haque Sakku | 26,897 | 28.58 | −8.50 | |
| Independent | Nizam Uddin Kaiser | 13,155 | 13.98 | New | |
| Independent | Noor ur Rahman Mahmud | 5,173 | 5.50 | New | |
| Majority | 21,993 | 23.37 | +23.11 | ||
| Turnout | 94,115 | 38.82% |  19.80pp | ||
| Registered electors | 242,458 | ||||
| ALhold | |||||
Election result 2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Arfanul Haque Rifat | 50,310 | 37.34 | −6.25 | ||
| Independent | Monirul Haque Sakku | 49,967 | 37.08 | −14.89 | ||
| Independent | Nizam Uddin Kaiser | 29,099 | 21.60 | New | ||
| IAB | Rashedul Islam | 3,040 | 2.26 | New | ||
| Independent | Kamrul Ahsan Babul | 2,329 | 1.73 | New | ||
| Majority | 343 | 0.25 | −8.13 | |||
| Turnout | 134,776 | 58.62% | 5.38pp | |||
| Registered electors | 229,920 | |||||
| ALgain from BNP | ||||||
Election result 2017
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP | Monirul Haque Sakku | 68,948 | 51.97 | −0.44 | |
| AL | Anjum Sultana Sima | 57,863 | 43.59 | +14.53 | |
| Majority | 11,085 | 8.38 | −13.37 | ||
| Turnout | 132,690 | 64.00% | 10.20pp | ||
| Registered electors | 207,566 | ||||
| BNPhold | |||||
Election result 2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP | Monirul Haque Sakku | 65,777 | 52.41 | New | |
| AL | Afzal Khan | 36,471 | 29.06 | New | |
| Independent | Nurul Rahman Tanim | 8,514 | 6.78 | New | |
| JP(E) | Mohammad Selim | 7,961 | 6.34 | New | |
| Majority | 29,306 | 23.35 | New | ||
| Turnout | 125,522 | 74.2% | New | ||
| Registered electors | 169,279 | ||||
| BNPwin (new seat) | |||||
See also
References
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- ^কুমিল্লা সিটি করপোরেশন ঘোষণা: শহরে আনন্দ-উল্লাস (in Bengali), Sheersha News, 11 July 2011, archived from the original on 26 March 2012, retrieved 11 July 2011
- ^"Four new city corporation to be set up", The Daily Star (Bangladesh), 4 March 2011, retrieved 11 July 2011
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- ^"Sakku sinks AL favourite Afzal". The Daily Star (Bangladesh). Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^"Arfanul Haque Rifat wins Cumilla city polls". The Financial Express. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^"AL picks Rifat for CCC polls". Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^"Elected representatives of 12 city corporations removed". The Daily Star. 19 August 2024. Archived from the original on 19 August 2024.
- ^"Comilla gets first female mayor". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
- ^এমপি বাহারের মেয়ে সূচনা কুমিল্লার নতুন মেয়র. BDNews24. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
- ^কুমিল্লার প্রথম মেয়র হলেন সাক্কু. banglanews24.com (in Bengali). 5 January 2012.
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