Published: 18 May 2015
Electing people’s representatives through free, fair and neutral elections is one of the prime prerequisites for establishing good governance. Through this, the pace of socio-economic and human development of a country is accelerated alongside strengthening of the democratic process. The people of Bangladesh reflect their opinions through casting ballots directly in the national and local government elections. Appropriate roles of the participating candidates along with the Election Commission, the administration assigned with election-related tasks and the ruling party are very important in holding these elections. Although the tenure of the undivided1 Dhaka City Corporation had expired on 15 May 2007, elections to the subsequently bifurcated Dhaka North and Dhaka South City Corporations were stalled for a long time and they were therefore run by unelected officials.
Administering Dhaka City Corporation through unelected administrators for a prolonged period was in effect unconstitutional. However, hopes were generated among the countrymen regarding resolution of political rifts in the backdrop of a confrontational political scenario after the announcement of elections for Dhaka North, Dhaka South and Chittagong City Corporations. As part of its programs, TIB had conducted a number of researches on the national election process and the Election Commission in the past. As a part of the continued effort to track the development of the electoral culture, an initiative was taken for conducting this research by observing the election process in the three city corporations.
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