2022 Nepalgunj municipal election

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2022 Nepalgunj municipal elections
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117 seats to Nepalgunj Sub Metropolitan City Council
59 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Nepalese Election Symbol Tree.svg Nepalese Election Symbol Umbrella.svg Nepal Communist Party symbol.svg
Leader Prashant Bista
Party Congress People's Socialist Party, Nepal (2020) CPN (UML)
Seats before391320
Seats won422525
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 3Increase2.svg 12Increase2.svg 5
Popular vote23,46011,675
Percentage52.2%26.0%
 Fourth partyFifth party
  Logo RPP, Nepal.png Nepalese Election Symbol Hammer and sickle.svg
Party RPP Maoist Centre
Seats before2619
Seats won1411
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 12Decrease2.svg 8
Popular vote7,598
Percentage16.9%
Nepalgunj 2022Election Ward.svg
Results for ward chair by party
Mayor before election

Dhawal Shamsher Rana
Rastriya Prajatantra Party

Elected Mayor

Prashant Bista
Nepali Congress

Municipal election for Nepalgunj took place on 13 May 2022, with all 117 positions up for election across 23 wards. [1] [2] The electorate elected a mayor, a deputy mayor, 23 ward chairs and 92 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

Prashant Bista from Nepali Congress was elected as the mayor of the sub metropolitan city. [5]

Background

Nepalgunj was established as a municipality in 1969. The sub-metropolitan city was created in 2014 by merging neighboring village development committees into Nepalgunj 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 previous mayor of the municipality Dhawal Shamsher Rana from Rastriya Prajatantra Party was elected as the first mayor of the sub-metropolitan city. [8] He did not contest for re-election and instead announced his intention to run for the House of Representatives. [9]

Candidates

PartyMayor candidate
Nepali Congress Prashant Bista
Rastriya Prajatantra Party
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

Results

Mayoral election

Mayoral elections result
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Congress Prashant Bista 23,460 52.2% +31.3%
CPN (UML) Pashupati Dayal Mishra11,67526.0%+9.4%
RPP Nanda Lal Vaishya7,59816.9%−13.0%
Others2,1914.9%
Total votes44,924 100.0%
Congress gain from RPP Swing +22.15%
Deputy mayoral elections result
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
People's Socialist Party, Nepal (2020) Kamaruddin Rae 17,940 44.1% +31.1%
CPN (UML) Shanti Devi Dhakal10,92526.9%+8.1%
RPP Bindu Charti Magar10,13524.9%+3.3%
Others1,6734.1%
Total votes40,673 100.0%
People's Socialist Party, Nepal (2020) gain from Congress Swing +28.55%

Ward results

Summary of Partywise Ward chairman and Ward member seats won, 2022
PartyChairmanMembers
Nepali Congress 536
CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) 520
People's Socialist Party, Nepal 618
Rastriya Prajatantra Party 311
CPN (Maoist Centre) 47
Total2392

Results by ward

Position1234567891011121314151617181920212223
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Female Member






















Female Dalit Member






















Open Member






















Open Member






















Council formation

PartyMayorDeputy MayorWard ChairmanWard MembersTotal seatsRemarks
Nepali Congress 153641Largest party
Communist Party of Nepal (UML) 52025
People's Socialist Party, Nepal 161825
Rastriya Prajatantra Party 31114
CPN (Maoist Centre) 1247
Total11239211759 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.
  3. ↑ Article 216(4) of the Constitution of Nepal  (September 20, 2015)
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  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)
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