2022 Nepalgunj municipal elections
13 May 2022
117 seats to Nepalgunj Sub Metropolitan City Council
59 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Prashant Bista
Party Nepali Congress PSP-N CPN (UML)
Seats before 39 13 20
Seats won 42 25 25
Seat change Increase 3 Increase 12 Increase 5
Popular vote 23,460 11,675
Percentage 52.2% 26.0%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party RPP Maoist Centre
Seats before 26 19
Seats won 14 11
Seat change Decrease 12 Decrease 8
Popular vote 7,598
Percentage 16.9%
Results for ward chair by party
Mayor before election

Dhawal Shamsher Rana
Rastriya Prajatantra Party

 Elected Mayor

Prashant Bista
Nepali Congress

Municipal election for Nepalgunj took place on 13 May 2022, with all 117 positions up for election across 23 wards.[1][2] The electorate elected a mayor, a deputy mayor, 23 ward chairs and 92 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]

Prashant Bista from Nepali Congress was elected as the mayor of the sub metropolitan city.[5]

Background

Nepalgunj was established as a municipality in 1969. The sub-metropolitan city was created in 2014 by merging neighboring village development committees into Nepalgunj municipality.[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 previous mayor of the municipality Dhawal Shamsher Rana from Rastriya Prajatantra Party was elected as the first mayor of the sub-metropolitan city.[8] He did not contest for re-election and instead announced his intention to run for the House of Representatives.[9]

Candidates

Party Mayor candidate
Nepali Congress Prashant Bista
Rastriya Prajatantra Party
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

Results

Mayoral election

Mayoral elections result
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nepali Congress Prashant Bista 23,460 52.2% +31.3%
CPN (UML) Pashupati Dayal Mishra 11,675 26.0% +9.4%
RPP Nanda Lal Vaishya 7,598 16.9% -13.0%
Others 2,191 4.9%
Total votes 44,924 100.0%
Nepali Congress gain from RPP Swing +22.15%
Deputy mayoral elections result
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PSP-N Kamaruddin Rae 17,940 44.1% +31.1%
CPN (UML) Shanti Devi Dhakal 10,925 26.9% +8.1%
RPP Bindu Charti Magar 10,135 24.9% +3.3%
Others 1,673 4.1%
Total votes 40,673 100.0%
PSP-N gain from Nepali Congress Swing +28.55%

Ward results

Summary of Partywise Ward chairman and Ward member seats won, 2022
Party Chairman Members
Nepali Congress 5 36
CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) 5 20
People's Socialist Party, Nepal 6 18
Rastriya Prajatantra Party 3 11
CPN (Maoist Centre) 4 7
Total 23 92

Results by ward

Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
Chairman






















Female Member






















Female Dalit Member






















Open Member






















Open Member






















Council formation

Party Mayor Deputy Mayor Ward Chairman Ward Members Total seats Remarks
Nepali Congress 1 5 36 41 Largest party
Communist Party of Nepal (UML) 5 20 25
People's Socialist Party, Nepal 1 6 18 25
Rastriya Prajatantra Party 3 11 14
CPN (Maoist Centre) 1 2 4 7
Total 1 1 23 92 117 59 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. ↑ Article 216(4) of the Constitution of Nepal (September 20, 2015)
  4. ↑ यसरी चुनिँदै छन् स्थानीय प्रतिनिधि, कार्यपालिकाभन्दा व्यवस्थापिका ठूलो. Setopati. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  5. ↑ Express, The Annapurna. "NC's Prashant Bista elected mayor of Nepalgunj Sub-Metropolitan City". The Annapurna Express. Retrieved 2022-05-21.
  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. ↑ Oli, Arjun. "Dhawal returns to power in Nepalgunj Sub-metropolitan city". My Republica. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  9. ↑ सहि नेतृत्व पाएको राप्रपा सुदृढ भएर जनतामाझ जान्छ ।नेपालगन्ज समृद्धितर्फ | Dr. Dhawal Shamsher Rana, retrieved 2022-05-20
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