In 1997, a parliamentary act was passed to reserve three seats (out of 12) in every union for female candidates.

[2] In Bangladesh, the rural and regional local government have four tiers: The Divisional Commissioner is the administrative head of a division.

Divisional Commissioner's are given the direct responsibility of supervising the revenue and development administration of a division.

The Deputy Commissioner (popularly abbreviated to "DC") is the executive head of the district.

An officer ranked Deputy Secretary works as the Chief Executive of the council.

UNOs are Senior Assistant Secretary of Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS).

Union Parishad chairman within the upazila are considered as the members of the porishod.

The Mayor is the executive head of the Municipal Councils are elected for a span of five years.

The cities with a city corporation, having mayoral elections, include Dhaka South, Dhaka North, Chattogram, Khulna, Sylhet, Rajshahi, Barishal, Rangpur, Cumilla, Mymensingh, Narayanganj and Gazipur.

Other major cities, these and other municipalities electing a chairperson, include Faridpur, Jashore, Bogura, Dinajpur, Pabna, Kushtia, Cox's Bazar, Noakhali, Patuakhali and Rangamati.