2022 Itahari municipal election

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2022 Itahari municipal elections
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102 seats to Itahari Sub Metropolitan City Council
52 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
  Nepalese Election Symbol Tree.svg Nepal Communist Party symbol.svg
Leader Hem Karna Paudel
Party Nepali Congress+ CPN (UML)
Seats before4358
Seats won2275
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 21Increase2.svg 17
 Third partyFourth party
  Nepalese Election Symbol Hammer and sickle.svg
Party Independent Maoist Centre
Seats before01
Seats won50
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 5Decrease2.svg 1
Itahari 2022LocalElection Ward.svg
Results for ward chair by party
Mayor before election

Dwarik Lal Chaudhary
CPN (UML)

Elected Mayor

Hem Karna Paudel
Nepali Congress

Municipal election for Itahari took place on 13 May 2022, with all 102 positions up for election across 20 wards. [1] [2] The electorate elected a mayor, a deputy mayor, 20 ward chairs and 80 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

Hem Karna Paudel from Nepali Congress was elected as the mayor of the metropolitan city defeating CPN (UML) candidate.

Background

Itharai was established as a municipality in 1997. The sub-metropolitan city was created in 2014 by merging nearby village development committees into Itahari municipality. [5] [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, Dwarik Lal Chaudhary of the CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) was elected as the first mayor of the sub-metropolitan city. [8]

Candidates

PartyMayor candidate
Nepali Congress Hemkarna Paudel
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Yam Kumar Subba
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Akash Subba

Opinion poll

DateNews agencySample sizeHem Karna PaudelYam Kumar SubbaAkash SubbaUndecidedResult
9 May 2022Setopati [9] 853628714Hung
42%33%8.5%16.5%

Exit polls

DatePollsterPaudelY SubbaA SubbaOthersLead
Congress UML RPP
13 May 2022Facts Nepal [10] 54.3%28.7%7.1%9.0%25.6%

Results

Mayoral election

Mayoral elections result
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nepali Congress Hem Karna Paudel 33,049 50.0% +9.2%
CPN (UML) Yam Kumar Chungbang Subba28,03142.4%-0.8%
RPP Aakash Hang Limbu3,9085.9%-1.2%
Others1,1311.7%
Total votes66,119 100.0%
Registered electors 104,626
Nepali Congress gain from CPN (UML) Swing +5.0%
Deputy mayoral elections result
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPN (UML) Sangita Kumari Chaudhary 32,436 58.0% +12.0%
Unified Socialist Keshav Kumar Bista18,03132.3%New
RPP Babita Kumari Chaudhary4,7198.4%+0.9%
Others7171.3%
Total votes55,903 100.0%
Registered electors 104,626
CPN (UML) hold

Ward results

Summary of Partywise Ward chairman and Ward member seats won, 2022
PartyChairmanMembers
Communist Party of Nepal (UML) 1460
Nepali Congress 516
Independent 14
Total2080

Summary of results by ward


Position1234567891011121314151617181920
Ward Chairman
Ward Member 1
Ward Member 2
Female Member
Female Dalit Member
Source: Election Commission

Council formation

PartyMayorDeputy MayorWard ChairmanWard MembersTotal seatsRemarks
Nepali Congress 151622
Communist Party of Nepal (UML) 1146075Majority
Independent145
Total11208010252 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.
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  4. ↑ Article 216(4) of the Constitution of Nepal  (September 20, 2015)
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