2022 Kalaiya municipal election

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2022 Kalaiya municipal elections
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137 seats to Kalaiya Sub Metropolitan City Council
69 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
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LeaderBinod Prasad ShahRajesh Rae Yadav
Party CPN (UML) Congress People's Socialist Party, Nepal (2020)
Seats before434028
Seats won574328
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 14Increase2.svg 3Steady2.svg
Popular vote24,17418,540
Percentage54.1%41.5%
 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
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LeaderJay Prakash Shah Teli
Party Nepal Loktantrik Party Unified Socialist Loktantrik Samajwadi
Seats before49
Seats won540
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 4Decrease2.svg 9
Popular vote910
Percentage2.0%
Mayor before election

Rajesh Rae Yadav
Congress

Elected Mayor

Binod Prasad Shah
CPN (UML)

Municipal election for Kalaiya took place on 13 May 2022, with all 137 positions up for election across 27 wards. [1] [2] The electorate elected a mayor, a deputy mayor, 27 ward chairs and 108 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

Binod Prasad Shah from CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) was elected as mayor but no party was able to gain a majority in the council. [5]

Background

Kalaiya was established in 1982 as a municipality. The sub-metropolitan city was created in 2017 by merging neighboring village development committees into Kalaiya. [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, Rajesh Rae Yadav from Nepali Congress was elected as the first mayor of the sub-metropolitan city. [8]

Candidates

PartyMayor candidate
Nepali Congress Rajesh Raya Yadav
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

Results

Mayoral election

Mayoral elections result
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPN (UML) Binod Prasad Shah 24,174 54.1% +27.8%
Congress Rajesh Rae Yadav18,54041.5%+11.5%
Others1,9444.4%
Total votes44,659 100.0%
CPN (UML) gain from Congress Swing +8.2%
Deputy mayoral elections result
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPN (UML) Roshan Parbin 19,251 47.8% +22.1%
People's Socialist Party, Nepal (2020) Pramod Prasad Gupta18,30445.4%+23.8%
Others2,7216.8%
Total votes40,276 100.0%
CPN (UML) gain from Congress Swing +25.7%

Ward results

Summary of Partywise Ward chairman and Ward member seats won, 2022
PartyChairmanMembers
Nepali Congress 1033
CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) 946
People's Socialist Party, Nepal 622
Nepal Loktantrik Party14
CPN (Unified Socialist) 13
Total27108

Summary of results by ward

Position123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
Ward Chairman
Ward Member 1
Ward Member 2
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. ↑ "UML wins Jeetpur Simaraha Sub-metro, NC wins Mahagadimai municipality". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  6. ↑ "Introduction | Kalaiya Sub-Metropolitan City". kalaiyamun.gov.np. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  7. ↑ Article 223(2) of the Constitution of Nepal  (September 20, 2015)
  8. ↑ Republica. "NC wins in Kalaiya Sub-Metropolitan City". My Republica. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
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