2022 Pokhara municipal election

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2022 Pokhara municipal elections
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167 seats to Pokhara Metropolitan City Council
84 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
  Nepalese Election Symbol Pen.svg CPN (UML) election symbol 1.png
Leader Dhana Raj Acharya Krishna Bahadur Thapa
Party Unified Socialist CPN (UML)
Seats before0119
Seats won186
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 33
Popular vote58,89352,848
Percentage48.1%43.2%
 Third partyFourth party
  Nepalese Election Symbol Tree.svg
LeaderShankar Kharal
Party Nepali Congress Independent
Seats before480
Seats won791
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 31Increase2.svg 1
Mayor before election

Man Bahadur GC
CPN (UML)

Elected Mayor

Dhana Raj Acharya
Unified Socialist

Municipal election for Pokhara took place on 13 May 2022, with all 167 positions up for election across 33 wards. [2] [3] The electorate elected a mayor, a deputy mayor, 33 ward chairs and 132 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. [4] [5]

Contents

Dhanraj Acharya of CPN (Unified Socialist) was elected mayor of Pokhara Metropolitan city.

Background

Pokhara was established in 1962 as a municipality. The metropolitan city was created in 2017 by incorporating neighboring village development committees and Lekhnath municipality into Pokhara sub-metropolitan city. [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, Man Bahadur GC from CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) was elected as the first mayor of the metropolitan city. [8]

Mayor and deputy mayor candidates

PostPartiesSymbolName
Mayor CPN (Unified Socialist) Nepalese Election Symbol Pen.jpg Dhanraj Acharya
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal Praja Parishad (Mishra) election symbol.svg Shankar Kharal
CPN (UML) CPN (UML) election symbol 1.png Krishna Bahadur Thapa
Deputy mayor Nepali Congress Nepalese Election Symbol Tree.svg Kopila Ranabhat
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal Praja Parishad (Mishra) election symbol.svg Ranjana Kumari Saini Paudel
CPN (UML) CPN (UML) election symbol 1.png Manju Devi Gurung

Surveys and opinion polls

DateNews agencySample sizeDhan Raj AcharyaUndecidedKrishna Bahadur ThapaShankar KharalResult
9 May 2022Setopati [9] 1505643389Hung
37%29%25%6%

Exit polls

DatePollsterThapaAcharyaPaudelKharelOthersLead
UML US Ind. RPP
13 May 2022Facts Nepal [10] 41.7%37.8%7.7%4.5%8.3%3.9%

Mayoral results

Mayoral elections result
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unified Socialist Dhan Raj Acharya 58,893 48.1% New
CPN (UML) Krishna Bahadur Thapa52,84843.2%-9.9%
RPP Shankar Kharal5,6744.6%+2.6%
Independent Khadak Raj Paudel3,0302.5%New
Others1,8841.5%
Total valid votes122,329100.0%
Rejected ballots20897
Turnout 143,226
Registered electors 207,712 [11]
Unified Socialist gain from CPN (UML) Swing
Deputy mayoral elections result
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPN (UML) Manju Devi Gurung 60,546 49.0% +0.7%
Nepali Congress Kopila Ranabhat56,66345.9%+8.0%
RPP Ranjana Kumari Sen5,5974.6%+2.2%
Others5300.4%
Total valid votes123,438100.0%
Rejected ballots19788
Turnout 143,226
Registered electors 207,712 [11]
CPN (UML) hold

Ward results

Results for ward chair by party Pokhara 2022LocalElection Ward.svg
Results for ward chair by party
Summary of Partywise Ward chairman and Ward member seats won, 2022
PartyChairmanMembers
Nepali Congress 2356
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) 976
Independent 10
Total33132

Summary of results by ward

Ward No.Ward ChairWard Members
OpenOpen 2FemaleFemale Dalit
1
Shahara Pradhan



2
Diwas Man Pradhananga



3
Prakash Man Udas



4
Dev Krishna Parajuli



5
Bishnu Prasad Baral



6
Bishnu Bahadur Bhattarai



7
Ram Mohan Acharya



8
Rudra Nath Baral



9
Dipendra Marsani



10
Rajesh Gurung



11
Prem Prasad Karmacharya



12
Santosh Bastola



13
Kiran Baral



14
Bodh Bahadur Karki



15
Toran Bahadur Baniya



16
Amrit Sharma Timilsina



17
Radhika Kumari Shahi



18
Shiva Prasad Timilsina



19
Pushpendra Pandey



20
 Ganga Bahadur Khatri



21
Dipak Prasad Subedi



22
Him Lal Baral



23
Ram Kaji Gurung



24
Bharat Bahadur Adhikari



25
Moti Lal Timilsina



26
Narendra Thapa



27
Purna Kumar Gurung



28
Shree Krishna Lamichhane



29
Shree Prasad Gurung



30
Durga Prasad Subedi



31
Dhaknath Kadel



32
Akkal Bahadur Karki



33
Ram Chandra Adhikari



Results for municipal executive election

The municipal executive consists of the mayor, who is also the chair of the municipal executive, the deputy mayor and ward chairs from each ward. The members of the municipal assembly will elect five female members and three members from the Dalit and minority community to the municipal executive using single non-transferable vote. [12]

Municipal Assembly composition

PartyMembers

 CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) 86

 Nepali Congress 79

 CPN (Unified Socialist) 1

 Independent 1
Total167

Results

CategoryCandidate [13] PartyVotes
Female MemberDhankumari Pokharel
 CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) 86
Nirmala Paudel86
Bhimkumari Pun Garbuja86
Mandira Pariyar86
Harimaya Bishwakarma86
Daldadevi Bhujel
 Nepali Congress 81
Durgadevi Thapa81
Pabitra Thapa81
Ransuwa Gurung80
Bhawana Shrestha79
Dalit/Minority MemberNirmal Diyali
 CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) 87
Govinda Tulachan86
Dipak Ghimire86
Lal Bahadur B.K.
 CPN (Unified Socialist) 81
Pan Bahadur Gharti
 People's Socialist Party 80
Bhim Bahadur Sarki
 CPN (Maoist Centre) 78

Municipal Executive composition

PartyMembers

 Nepali Congress 23

 CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) 18

 CPN (Unified Socialist) 1

 Independent 1
Total43

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