2022 Jitpursimara municipal election

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2022 Jitpursimara mayoral election
 201713 May 20222027 
 First partySecond party
  Nepalese Election Symbol Hammer and sickle.svg Nepal Communist Party symbol.svg
CandidateRajan PaudelSaraswati Devi Chaudhary
Party Maoist Centre CPN (UML)
Popular vote18,74317,779
Percentage43.4%41.1%

 Third partyFourth party
  Nepalese Election Symbol Bicycle.svg Logo RPP, Nepal.png
CandidateSanjay Kumar SahMadhav Prasad Tripathi
Party Loktantrik Samajwadi RPP
Popular vote5,3821,302
Percentage12.5%3.0%

Mayor before election

Krishna Prasad Paudel
CPN (UML)

Elected Mayor

Rajan Paudel
Maoist Centre

Municipal election for Jitpursimara took place on 13 May 2022, with all 122 positions up for election across 24 wards. [1] [2] The electorate elected a mayor, a deputy mayor, 24 ward chairs and 96 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

Rajan Paudel of the CPN (Maoist Centre) was elected as the mayor of sub-metropolitan city. [5]

Background

The first municipal election for the council was held in 2017 after the council was created by incorporating neighboring village development committees into the former Gadhimai municipality by the Local Reconstruction Body Commission. [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, Krishna Prasad Paudel from the CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) was elected as the first mayor of the sub-metropolitan city. [8]

Candidates

Krishna Prasad Paudel did not seek re-election and the incumbent deputy mayor, Saraswati Devi Chaudhary, instead served as the candidate for CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist).

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 Jitpursimara, CPN (Maoist Centre) fielded the candidate for mayor and Nepali Congress fielded the candidate for the deputy mayor from the five-party alliance. [9]

Results

Mayoral election

Mayoral elections result
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Maoist Centre Rajan Paudel 18,743 43.4%
CPN (UML) Saraswati Devi Chaudhary17,77941.1%
Loktantrik Samajwadi Sanjay Kumar Sah5,38212.5%
RPP Madhav Prasad Tripathi1,3023.0%
Others70.02%
Total votes43,213 100.0%
Maoist Centre gain from CPN (UML) Swing
Deputy mayoral elections result
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPN (UML) Bhola Prasad Adhikari 17,492 43.1%
Congress SMegha Shahi15,84239.0%
Loktantrik Samajwadi Bipi Moktan5,02712.4%
RPP Sushma Mishra2,2315.5%
Total votes40,592 100.0%
CPN (UML) hold

Ward results

Summary of Partywise Ward chairman and Ward member seats won, 2022
PartyChairmanMembers
CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) 1355
Nepali Congress 519
CPN (Maoist Centre) 414
Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal 15
CPN (Unified Socialist) 13
Total2496

Summary of results by ward

Position123456789101112131415161718192021222324
Ward Chairman
Ward Member 1
Ward Member 2
Female Member
Female Dalit Member
Source: Election Commission

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