2022 Biratnagar municipal election

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2022 Biratnagar municipal elections
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97 seats to Biratnagar Metropolitan City Council
49 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Nepalese Election Symbol Tree.svg Nepal Communist Party symbol.svg
LeaderNagesh KoiralaSagar ThapaUmesh Kumar Yadav
Party Nepali Congress CPN (UML) Independent
Seats before50141
Seats won39443
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 11Increase2.svg 30Increase2.svg 2
Popular vote30,17021,4558,795
Percentage44.3%31.5%12.9%
 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
  Logo RPP, Nepal.png Nepalese Election Symbol Umbrella.svg Nepalese Election Symbol Hammer and sickle.svg
LeaderPrahlad Prasad Shah
Party RPP People's Socialist Party, Nepal (2020) Maoist Centre
Seats before0275
Seats won1100
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 17Decrease2.svg 5
Popular vote5,216
Percentage7.7%
Mayor before election

Bhim Parajuli
Congress

Elected mayor

Nagesh Koirala
Congress

Municipal election for Biratnagar took place on 13 May 2022, with all 122 positions up for election across 19 wards. [1] [2] The electorate elected a mayor, a deputy mayor, 19 ward chairs and 76 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]

Contents

Nagesh Koirala from Nepali Congress was elected as the new mayor of Metropolitan city. [4]

Background

The first election after the city was declared as a metropolitan city was held in 2017. [5] 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. [6]

Bhim Parajuli from Nepali Congress was elected as the first mayor of the metropolitan city in the previous election. [7]

Candidates

In accordance with the decision of central leaders of Nepali Congress, CPN (Maoist Centre), People's Socialist Party, CPN (Unified Socialist) and Rastriya Janamorcha, an alliance was created to contest local elections in some local units. In Biratnagar, Nagesh Koirala from Nepali Congress was the candidate for mayor from the alliance and Amrendra Yadav from People's Socialist party was the candidate for deputy mayor. [8]

Mayoral candidates

Party [9] [lower-alpha 1] Mayor candidate
Nepali Congress (supported by CPN (MC), CPN (US) and PSPN)Naagesh Koirala [8]
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Sagar Kumar Thapa [10]
Janamat Party Arun Kumar Mandal
Independent Sakriya Gautam
Independent Umesh Kumar Yadav [11]
CPN (Socialist)Sone Lal Rajbanshi
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Devi Paudel
Bibeksheel Sajha Party Amalesh Kumar Karna
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Prahlad Prasad Sah [12]
Pichhadabarga Nishad Dalit Janajati PartyPradeep Kumar Kamat
Nepali Congress (B.P.)Ramchandra Prasad Gautam
Federal Democratic National Front Nageshwar Singh Rajput
Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal Mrityunjaya Kumar Mishra

Deputy mayoral candidates

Party [9] [lower-alpha 1] Deputy Mayor candidate
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Shilpa Karki [10]
Janamat Party Anu Kumari Kamat
Independent Ganga Devi Subedi
CPN (Socialist)Laxmi Rajbanshi
Independent Namita Neupane
Nepali Congress (B.P.)Maya Ojha
Federal Democratic National Front Chandrakala Sharma
Bibeksheel Sajha Party Shriju Parajuli
Pichhadibarga Nishad Dalit Janajati PartyHafizan Khatun
Independent Basundhara Devi Jha
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Chandrakala Siwakoti
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Bindra Kumari Acharya [12]
Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal Sahnaz Khatun
People's Socialist Party, Nepal (supported by NC, CPN (MC) and CPN (US))Amarendra Yadav [8]

Opinion poll

DateNews agencySample sizeNagesh KoiralaSagar ThapaUmesh YadavOthers/UndecidedResult
9 May 2022Setopati [13] 13052211245Hung
40%16%9%35%

Exit polls

DatePollsterKoiralaThapaYadavSahOthersLead
Congress UML Ind. RPP
13 May 2022Facts Nepal [14] 49.0%29.9%12.5%4.4%4.2%19.1%

Results

Mayoral election

Mayoral elections result
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Congress Naagesh Koirala 30,170 44.3% +6.7%
CPN (UML) Sagar Kumar Thapa21,45531.5%+3.2%
Independent Umesh Kumar Yadav8,79512.9%−11.5%
RPP Prahlad Prasad Shah5,2167.7%−1.3%
Janamat Arun Kumar Mandal8231.1%New
Loktantrik Samajwadi Mrityunjaya Kumar Mishra6200.9%New
Others9591.4%
Total votes68,038 100.0%
Rejected ballots21,640
Turnout 89,678
Registered electors 133,142
Congress hold

Deputy mayoral election

Deputy mayoral elections result
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPN (UML) Shilpa Karki 25,680 46.5% New
People's Socialist Party, Nepal (2020) Amarendra Yadav14,21925.7%New
RPP Binda Kumari Luitel6,40911.6%+2.9%
Independent Namita Neupane5,1179.3%−15.2%
Janamat Anu Kumari Kamat1,1332.1%New
Loktantrik Samajwadi Shahnaz Khatun8081.5%New
Others1,1942.2%
Total votes55,229 100.0%
Rejected ballots34,449100.0%
Turnout 89,678
Registered electors 133,142
CPN (UML) gain from Congress Swing +55.9%

Ward results

Results for ward chair by party Biratnagar 2022LocalElection Ward.svg
Results for ward chair by party
Summary of partywise ward chairpersons and ward member seats won, 2022
PartyChairpersonsMembers
CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) 933
Nepali Congress 633
People's Socialist Party, Nepal 28
Rastriya Prajatantra Party 10
Independent 12
Total1976

Summary of results by ward

Ward No.Ward ChairWard Members
OpenOpen 2FemaleFemale Dalit
1
Kaji Bahadur Basnet



2
Kumar Pokharel



3
Basu Bahadur Basnet



4
Jitan Thapa



5
Santosh Neupane



6
Harish Chandra Sahani



7
Madhu Babu Tiwari



8
Ram Pokharel



9
Bishwanath Prasad Bhagat



10
Arjun Giri



11
Tirthendra Neupane



12
Hira Lal Kamat



13
Surya Lal Yadav



14
Surya Narayan Mahato



15
Prakash Sah



16
Uddhav Kumar Bhujel



17
Samim Kumar Miya



18
Jitendra Kumar Shah



19
Shyam Ghimire



Results for municipal executive election

The municipal executive consists of the mayor, who is also the chair of the municipal executive, the deputy mayor and ward chairs from each ward. The members of the municipal assembly will elect five female members and three members from the Dalit and minority community to the municipal executive. [15]

Municipal Assembly composition

PartyMembers

 CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) 43

 Nepali Congress 40

 People's Socialist Party, Nepal 10

 Rastriya Prajatantra Party 1

 Independent 3
Total97

Results

CategoryCandidate [16] PartyVotes
Female MemberKamala Shrestha
 CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) 55
Santalidevi Bishwas55
Sarita Ghimire Nepal53
Tara Kumari Raya53
Khusbu Bishwakarma52
Anju Dahal Gautam
 Nepali Congress 40
Rupa Deuja40
Binita Singh Thakuri40
Surya Devi Sah40
Gayatri Thapa39
Dalit/Minority MemberOm Prakash Sah
 Independent 55
Sanjiv Kumar Sah52
Dipak Kumar Karna
 CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) 52
Babita Devi Sah
 People's Socialist Party 45
Bimala Devi Poddhar41
Prem Rathi
 Nepali Congress 40

Municipal Executive composition

PartyMembers

 CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) 16

 Nepali Congress 7

 People's Socialist Party, Nepal 2

 Rastriya Prajatantra Party 1

 Independent 3
Total29

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 In order published by Election Commission

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