2022 Tulsipur municipal election

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2022 Tulsipur municipal elections
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97 seats to Tulsipur Sub Metropolitan City Council
49 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
  CPN (UML) election symbol 1.png Nepalese Election Symbol Tree.svg
LeaderTika Ram KhadkaGehendra Giri
Party CPN (UML) Nepali Congress
Seats before5344
Seats won6723
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 14Decrease2.svg 21
Popular vote31,40827,717
Percentage50.0%44.1%
 Third partyFourth party
  Nepalese Election Symbol Hammer and sickle.svg
Party Maoist Centre Independent
Seats before00
Seats won61
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 6Increase2.svg 1
Tulsipur 2022Localelection Ward.svg
Results for ward chair by party
Mayor before election

Ghanshyam Pandey
CPN (UML)

Elected Mayor

Tika Ram Khadka
CPN (UML)

Municipal election for Tulsipur took place on 13 May 2022, with all 97 positions up for election across 19 wards. [1] [2] The electorate elected a mayor, a deputy mayor, 19 ward chairs and 76 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]

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Background

Tulsipur was established in 1992 as a municipality. The sub-metropolitan city was formed in 2017 by incorporating neighboring village development committees into Tulsipur municipality. [5] 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. [6]

In the previous election, Ghanshyam Pandey from CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) was elected as the first mayor of the sub-metropolitan city. [7]

Candidates

PartyMayor candidate
Nepali Congress Gehendra Giri
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

Results

Mayoral election

Mayoral elections result
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPN (UML) Tika Ram Khadka 31,408 50.0% +6.2%
Nepali Congress Gehendra Giri27,71744.1%+7.8%
Nepal Loktantrik Party Ghanashyam Chaudhary1,3612.2%New
RPP Jagdhani Chaudhary1,2211.9%+1.0%
Others1,1391.8%
Total votes62,846 100.0%
CPN (UML) hold
Deputy mayoral elections result
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPN (UML) Syani Chaudhary 30,597 53.3% +12.8%
Unified Socialist Jog Bahadur Rana Magar21,06536.7%New
RPP Prem Bahadur Shah2,3774.1%+3.0%
Independent Khemraj Oli2,2373.9%New
Others1,0951.9%
Total votes57,371 100.0%
CPN (UML) hold

Ward results

Summary of Partywise Ward chairman and Ward member seats won, 2022
PartyChairmanMembers
CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) 1055
Nepali Congress 518
CPN (Maoist Centre) 33
Independent 10
Total1976

Summary of Results by ward

Position12345678910111213141516171819
Chairman
Open Member
Open Member
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. ↑ "तुल्सिपुर उप-महानगरपालिकाको संक्षिप्त परिचय | तुलसीपुर उप-महानगरपालिका, नगर कार्यपालिकाको कार्यालय, दाङ, लुम्बिनी प्रदेश". tulsipurmun.gov.np (in Nepali). Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  6. ↑ Article 223(2) of the Constitution of Nepal  (September 20, 2015)
  7. ↑ Basnet, Devendra. "UML leader Pandey elected mayor of Tulsipur Sub-metropolis". My Republica. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
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