2022 Itahari municipal elections
13 May 2022
102 seats to Itahari Sub Metropolitan City Council
52 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Hem Karna Paudel
Party Nepali Congress+ CPN (UML)
Seats before 43 58
Seats won 22 75
Seat change Decrease 21 Increase 17
  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Independent Maoist Centre
Seats before 0 1
Seats won 5 0
Seat change Increase 5 Decrease 1
Results for ward chair by party
Mayor before election

Dwarik Lal Chaudhary
CPN (UML)

 Elected Mayor

Hem Karna Paudel
Nepali Congress

Municipal election for Itahari took place on 13 May 2022, with all 102 positions up for election across 20 wards.[1][2] The electorate elected a mayor, a deputy mayor, 20 ward chairs and 80 ward members. An indirect election will also be held to elect five female members and an additional three female members from the Dalit and minority community to the municipal executive.[3][4]

Hem Karna Paudel from Nepali Congress was elected as the mayor of the metropolitan city defeating CPN (UML) candidate.

Background

Itharai was established as a municipality in 1997. The sub-metropolitan city was created in 2014 by merging nearby village development committees into Itahari municipality.[5][6] Electors in each ward elect a ward chair and four ward members, out of which two must be female and one of the two must belong to the Dalit community.[7]

In the previous election, Dwarik Lal Chaudhary of the CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) was elected as the first mayor of the sub-metropolitan city.[8]

Candidates

Party Mayor candidate
Nepali Congress Hemkarna Paudel
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Yam Kumar Subba
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Akash Subba

Opinion poll

Date News agency Sample size Hem Karna Paudel Yam Kumar Subba Akash Subba Undecided Result
9 May 2022 Setopati[9] 85 36 28 7 14 Hung
42% 33% 8.5% 16.5%

Exit polls

Date Pollster Paudel Y Subba A Subba Others Lead
Congress UML RPP
13 May 2022 Facts Nepal[10] 54.3% 28.7% 7.1% 9.0% 25.6%

Results

Mayoral election

Mayoral elections result
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nepali Congress Hem Karna Paudel 33,049 50.0% +9.2%
CPN (UML) Yam Kumar Chungbang Subba 28,031 42.4% -0.8%
RPP Aakash Hang Limbu 3,908 5.9% -1.2%
Others 1,131 1.7%
Total votes 66,119 100.0%
Registered electors 104,626
Nepali Congress gain from CPN (UML) Swing +5.0%
Deputy mayoral elections result
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPN (UML) Sangita Kumari Chaudhary 32,436 58.0% +12.0%
Unified Socialist Keshav Kumar Bista 18,031 32.3% New
RPP Babita Kumari Chaudhary 4,719 8.4% +0.9%
Others 717 1.3%
Total votes 55,903 100.0%
Registered electors 104,626
CPN (UML) hold

Ward results

Summary of Partywise Ward chairman and Ward member seats won, 2022
Party Chairman Members
Communist Party of Nepal (UML) 14 60
Nepali Congress 5 16
Independent 1 4
Total 20 80

Summary of results by ward


Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Ward Chairman
Ward Member 1
Ward Member 2
Female Member
Female Dalit Member
Source: Election Commission

Council formation

Party Mayor Deputy Mayor Ward Chairman Ward Members Total seats Remarks
Nepali Congress 1 5 16 22
Communist Party of Nepal (UML) 1 14 60 75 Majority
Independent 1 4 5
Total 1 1 20 80 102 52 for Majority

See also

References

  1. ↑ Article 215(6) of the Constitution of Nepal (September 20, 2015)
  2. ↑ "Government announces local level elections for May 13". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  3. ↑ यसरी चुनिँदै छन् स्थानीय प्रतिनिधि, कार्यपालिकाभन्दा व्यवस्थापिका ठूलो. Setopati. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  4. ↑ Article 216(4) of the Constitution of Nepal (September 20, 2015)
  5. ↑ "संक्षिप्त परिचय | इटहरी उप-महानगरपालिका कार्यालय". itaharimun.gov.np. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  6. ↑ Magazine, New Spolight. "Nepal government declares 61 new municipalities". SpotlightNepal. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  7. ↑ Article 223(2) of the Constitution of Nepal (September 20, 2015)
  8. ↑ "UML clinches mayoral and deputy mayoral posts in Itahari Sub-metropolitan City". My Republica. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  9. ↑ Setopati, Bhanubhakta. "NC may crack Itahari anomaly to bring down red fort in upcoming local election". Setopati. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
  10. ↑ "इटहरी उप-महानगरपालिका". Twitter. Retrieved 2022-05-13.
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