2022 Butwal municipal election

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2022 Butwal municipal elections
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97 seats to Butwal Sub Metropolitan City Council
49 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Nepalese Election Symbol Tree.svg Nepal Communist Party symbol.svg Nepalese Election Symbol Pen.svg
LeaderKhel Raj PandeyBaburam Bhattarai
Party Nepali Congress CPN (UML) Unified Socialist
Seats before8890
Seats won66281
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 58Decrease2.svg 61Increase2.svg 1
Popular vote30,24922,718
Percentage52.3%39.3%
 Fourth partyFifth party
  Rastriya Janamukti Election Symbol.png
Party Janamukti Independent
Seats before00
Seats won11
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 1
Butwal 2022LocalElection Ward.svg
Results for ward chair by party
Mayor before election

Shiva Prasad Subedi
CPN (UML)

Elected mayor

Khel Raj Pandey
Nepali Congress

Municipal election for Butwal took place on 13 May 2022, with all 97 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] [4]

Contents

Khel Raj Pandey from Nepali Congress was elected as mayor of the sub-metropolitan city. [5]

Background

Butwal was established in 1959 as a municipality. The sub-metropolitan city was created in 2014 by incorporating neighboring village development committees into Butwal 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, Shiva Raj Subedi from CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) was elected as mayor. [8]

Candidates

PartyMayor candidate
Nepali Congress Khel Raj Pandey
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Mrigendra Sherchan
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Baburam Bhattarai

Opinion Poll

DateNews agencySample sizeKhel Raj PandeyBaburam BhattaraiMrigendra SherchanUndecidedResult
10 May 2022Setopati [9] 8025211717Hung
31%26%21%21%

Exit polls

DatePollsterBhattaraiPandeySherchanOthersLead
UML Congress RPP
13 May 2022Facts Nepal [10] 50.8%38.1%10.2%0.8%12.7%

Results

Mayoral election

Mayoral elections result
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nepali Congress Khel Raj Pandey 30,249 52.3% +6.9%
CPN (UML) Baburam Bhattarai22,71839.3%-11.3%
RPP Mrigendra Kumar Sherchan4,3797.6%+7.2%
Others4500.8%
Total votes57,796 100.0%
Nepali Congress gain from CPN (UML) Swing +9.1%
Deputy mayoral elections result
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPN (UML) Sabitra Devi Arya 25,061 50.8% -8.8%
Unified Socialist Chin Bahadur Gurung17,02334.5%New
RPP Bhagwati Pandey6,82013.8%+12.5%
Others3940.8%
Total votes49,298 100.0%
CPN (UML) hold

Ward results

Summary of Partywise Ward chairman and Ward member seats won, 2022
PartyChairmanMembers
Nepali Congress 1253
CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) 522
CPN (Unified Socialist) 10
Rastriya Janamukti Party 01
Independent 10
Total1976

Summary of Results by ward

Position12345678910111213141516171819
Chairman
Open Member
Open Member
Female Member
Female Dalit Member
Source: Election Commission

Council formation

PartyMayorDeputy MayorWard ChairmanWard MembersTotal seatsRemarks
Nepali Congress 1125366Majority
Communist Party of Nepal (UML) 152228
CPN (Unified Socialist) 101
Rastriya Janamukti Party 011
Independent101
Total1119769749 for Majority

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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. ↑ "NC candidate Pandey wins mayoral post in Butwal". Khabarhub. 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. ↑ "UML candidates elected in Butwal Sub-Metropolis". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
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