2017 Kathmandu municipal election

2017 Kathmandu municipal elections
162 seats to Kathmandu Metropolitan City Council; 82 seats needed for a majority
Council control before election; RPP ; Rajram Shrestha ; before Mayor;	Council control after election; CPN (UML) ; Bidya Sundar Shakya ; Elected Mayor;

Last updated July 25, 2024

Municipal election for Kathmandu, capital of Nepal was held on May 14, 2017, for the position of Mayor, a Deputy Mayor, 32 Ward Chairmen and Ward Members. All positions are for a period of 5 years.^[1] A secondary election is to be held for municipal executive which will elect 5 women from the elected ward members and 3 members who must be from the Dalit and minority community. The electorate for this election will the 159 members chosen direct election.^[2]

Background

Elections were last held in 2006 and since then the city has been without an elected executive. With the passing of a new constitution, a commission was formed to restructure the existing local levels into more powerful and autonomous local bodies. The city limits of Kathmandu remained unchanged during this restructuring but the number of wards was decreased from 35 to 32. Electors in each ward will elect a ward chairman and 4 ward members. Out of 4 ward members, 2 must be female and one of the 2 females must belong to the Dalit community.

Issues

Pollution
Transport Infrastructure
Urban Planning & Development
Earthquake Reconstruction

Candidates for Mayoral Election

Bidya Sundar Shakya

Shakya is a former ward chairman and will be supported by Rastriya Prajatantra Party in exchange for support to the Deputy-mayor candidate Rajaram Shrestha.^[3] Shakya is the current secretary of CPN-UML's Kathmandu District Committee. He won the ward chairperson post in then Ward No. 21 in 1992 and 1997 local elections. Remarks to his work ethics, He is believed to be one of the most corrupted politician. He have also been widely criticized for his disregards to health care workers during covid and one of the laziest mayor assigned in the history of Kathmandu. After his term ended, the citizens of Nepal united to chant the change of "Never Again".^[4]

Sarbottam Dangol

Sarbottam Dangol is a former student leader who was detained for two years without charge or trial in 1985, including two months of incommunicado detention.^[5] He took part in Constituent Assembly Election, 2008 as a candidate from Kathmandu Constituency no. 8 and became third with 6,573 votes.^[6]

Kishor Thapa

Thapa is a former civil servant who retired from the post of Secretary. He is currently standing as an independent candidate but is associated with Sajha Party Nepal founded by former BBC reporter Rabindra Mishra.

Ranju Neupane (Ranju Darsana)

Neupane is a central committee member and media coordinator of Bibeksheel Nepali party. She was elected as central member by first general convention of the party in late 2015.^[7]

Mayoral Results

Summary of Kathmandu mayoral election, 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Bidya Sundar Shakya	64,913	32.91
	Nepali Congress	Raju Raj Joshi^[8]	45,269	22.95
	Bibeksheel Nepali	Ranju Darshana ^[9]	23,439	11.88
	Independent	Kishore Thapa^[10]	18,496	9.38
	Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)	Sarbottam Dangol ^[11]	7,906	4.01
	Naya Shakti	Pabitra Bajracharya	6,050	3.07
	Others		1,213	0.62
Invalid/blank votes			29,941	15.18
Total			197,227	100
Registered voters/turnout			271,221	72.72

Summary of Kathmandu deputy-mayoral election, 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nepali Congress	Hari Prabha Khadgi	58,952	29.89
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Raja Ram Shrestha	34,854	17.67
	Independent	Nirupama Yadav	11,533	5.85
	Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)	Sushila Kumari Poudel	10,448	5.30
	Naya Shakti	Sabina Aryal (Dawadi)	3,493	1.77
	Others		1,483	0.75
Invalid/blank votes			76,464	38.77
Total			197,227	100
Registered voters/turnout			271,221	72.72

Ward Results

Summary of Partywise Ward chairman and Ward member seats won, 2017
Party		Chairman	Members
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	18	74
	Nepali Congress	14	50
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	0	1
Total		32	125

3 candidates (2 from Nepali Congress and 1 from CPN-UML) for Ward Members were elected unopposed under Dalit woman reserved seats. 3 Ward Member seats reserved for Dalit women were left unfilled due to lack of candidates.

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	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32
Ward Chairman
Ward Member
Ward Member
Female Member
Female Dalit Member
Source: Election Commission

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References

↑ Article 215(6) of the Constitution of Nepal (September 20, 2015)
↑ "यसरी चुनिँदै छन् स्थानीय प्रतिनिधि, कार्यपालिकाभन्दा व्यवस्थापिका ठूलो". Setopati. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
↑ "UML to field Bidya Sundar Shakya for Kathmandu Mayor". Nepali Reporter. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
↑ "Bidya Sundar Shakya to contest for Kathmandu Mayor from UML with RPP support". Onlinekhabar. Archived from the original on 6 May 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
↑ Dangol, Sarbottam (March 1987). The other side. Amnesty International. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
↑ "Ca Election report". Election Commission of Nepal.
↑ "Bibeksheel to field Ranju Darshana for Kathmandu mayor". My Republica Daily. Retrieved April 25, 2017.
↑ "काठमाडौंको मेयरमा कांग्रेसका राजुराज जोशीको उम्मेदवारी". Onlinekhabar. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
↑ "२१ वर्षीया रन्जु विवेकशीलबाट काठमाडौं मेयरकी उम्मेदवार". Setopati. Archived from the original on 19 April 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
↑ THT Online (14 April 2017). "Sajha Party fields ex-secy Kishore Thapa as KMC mayor candidate". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
↑ "CPN-Maoist Centre to field Sarbottam Dangol for Kathmandu Mayor". Onlinekhabar English. Archived from the original on 4 May 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2017.

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[1] Article 215(6) of the Constitution of Nepal (September 20, 2015)

[2] "यसरी चुनिँदै छन् स्थानीय प्रतिनिधि, कार्यपालिकाभन्दा व्यवस्थापिका ठूलो". Setopati. Retrieved 2 June 2017.

[3] "UML to field Bidya Sundar Shakya for Kathmandu Mayor". Nepali Reporter. Retrieved 6 May 2017.

[4] "Bidya Sundar Shakya to contest for Kathmandu Mayor from UML with RPP support". Onlinekhabar. Archived from the original on 6 May 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2017.

[5] Dangol, Sarbottam (March 1987). The other side. Amnesty International. Retrieved 15 October 2013.

[6] "Ca Election report". Election Commission of Nepal.

[myrepublica1-7] "Bibeksheel to field Ranju Darshana for Kathmandu mayor". My Republica Daily. Retrieved April 25, 2017.

[8] "काठमाडौंको मेयरमा कांग्रेसका राजुराज जोशीको उम्मेदवारी". Onlinekhabar. Retrieved 2 May 2017.

[9] "२१ वर्षीया रन्जु विवेकशीलबाट काठमाडौं मेयरकी उम्मेदवार". Setopati. Archived from the original on 19 April 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2017.

[10] THT Online (14 April 2017). "Sajha Party fields ex-secy Kishore Thapa as KMC mayor candidate". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 14 April 2017.

[11] "CPN-Maoist Centre to field Sarbottam Dangol for Kathmandu Mayor". Onlinekhabar English. Archived from the original on 4 May 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2017.

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