2022 Hetauda municipal election

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2022 Hetauda municipal elections
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97 seats to Hetauda Sub Metropolitan City Council
49 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Nepalese Election Symbol Pen.svg Logo RPP, Nepal.png Nepal Communist Party symbol.svg
Leader Mina Kumari Lama Deepak Bahadur SinghAnanta Prasad Paudel
Party Unified Socialist RPP CPN (UML)
Seats before1179
Seats won651
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 5Decrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 28
Popular vote23,08020,53120,908
Percentage35.6%31.7%32.2%
Seats won0
Hetauda 2022Election Ward.svg
Results for ward chair by party
Mayor before election

Hari Bahadur Mahat
CPN (UML)

Elected Mayor

Mina Kumari Lama
Unified Socialist

Municipal election for Hetauda 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

Mina Kumari Lama from CPN (Unified Socialist) was elected as mayor of the sub-metropolitan city. [5]

Background

Hetauda was first established as a municipality in 1969. The sub-metropolitan was created in 2014 by incorporating neighboring village development committees into Hetauda 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, Hari Bahadur Mahat from CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) was elected as mayor. [8]

Results

Mayoral election

Mayoral elections result
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unified Socialist Mina Kumari Lama 23,080 35.6% New
CPN (UML) Ananta Prasad Paudel20,90832.2%-10.2%
RPP Deepak Bahadur Singh20,53131.7%+19.1%
Others3180.5%
Total votes64,837 100.0%
Registered electors 104,473
Unified Socialist gain from CPN (UML) Swing +22.9%
Deputy mayoral elections result
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nepali Congress Rajesh Baniya 33,114 52.0% New
CPN (UML) Sumitra Kafle24,32838.2%-8.6%
RPP Indira Neupane5,5978.8%-6.6%
Others6561.0%
Total votes63,695 100.0%
Registered electors 104,473
Nepali Congress gain from Unified Socialist Swing +30.3%

Ward results

Summary of Partywise Ward chairman and Ward member seats won, 2022
PartyChairmanMembers
CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) 942
Nepali Congress 830
CPN (Unified Socialist) 14
CPN (Maoist Centre) 10
Total1976

Summary of Results by ward

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

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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. ↑ "Woman mayor in Hetauda sub-metropolis". thehimalayantimes.com. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  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 wins mayor, deputy mayor in Hetauda sub-metropolitan". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
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