2022 Ghorahi municipal election

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2022 Ghorahi municipal elections
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97 seats to Ghorahi Sub Metropolitan City Council
49 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Nepal Communist Party symbol.svg Nepalese Election Symbol Tree.svg Nepalese Election Symbol Hammer and sickle.svg
LeaderNaru Lal ChaudharyHemraj Sharma
Party CPN (UML) Nepali Congress Maoist Centre
Seats before552914
Seats won67237
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 12Decrease2.svg 5Decrease2.svg 7
Popular vote31,72826,368
Percentage48.2%40.0%
Ghorahi 2022Election Ward.svg
Results for ward chair by party
Mayor before election

Naru Lal Chaudhary
UML

Elected Mayor

Naru Lal Chaudhary
UML

Municipal election for Ghorahi 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

Incumbent Naru Lal Chaudhary from CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) was re-elected as mayor. [5]

Background

Ghorahi was established as a municipality in 1979. The sub-metropolitan city was created in 2017 by merging neighboring Tripur municipality and other village development committees into Ghorahi municipality. [6] The 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, Naru Lal Chaudhary of the CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) was elected as the first mayor of the sub-metropolitan city. [8]

Candidates

PartyMayor candidateDeputy Mayor candidate
Nepali Congress Bhup Bahadur Dangi [9]
CPN (Maoist Centre) Hemraj Sharma [9]
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Narulal Chaudhary [10] Mankuamri DC [10]

Results

Mayoral election

Mayoral elections result
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPN (UML) Naru Lal Chaudhary 31,728 48.2% +7.4%
Maoist Centre Hemraj Sharma26,36840.0%+17.6%
RPP Sarita Devkota5,3248.1%+6.0%
Unified Socialist Ram Prasad Chaudhary1,1431.7%New
Others1,2751.9%
Total votes65,838 100.0%
CPN (UML) hold
Deputy mayoral elections result
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPN (UML) Huma Kumari DC 30,403 45.9% +7.5%
Nepali Congress Bhup Bahadur Dangi30,34545.8%+13.3%
RPP Bibhu Budhathoki3,5215.3%+3.9%
Unified Socialist Shobha Kumari Shahi1,1581.7%New
Others7681.2%
Total votes66,195 100.0%
CPN (UML) hold

Ward results

Summary of Partywise Ward chairman and Ward member seats won, 2022
PartyChairmanMembers
CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) 1352
Nepali Congress 518
CPN (Maoist Centre) 16
Total1976

Results by ward

Position12345678910111213141516171819
Ward Chair
Open Member
Open Member
Female Member
Female Dalit Member

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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 23 May 2022.
  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.
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  8. ↑ Basnet, Devendra. "UML wins in Ghorahi Sub-metropolitan City". My Republica. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  9. 1 2 "Candidates finalized in Dang". Nepalnews. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
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