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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 party Second party Third party   Leader Prashant Bista Party Congress People's Socialist Party, Nepal (2020) CPN (UML) Seats before 39 13 20 Seats won 42 25 25 Seat change 3 12 5 Popular vote 23,460 11,675 Percentage 52.2% 26.0%   Fourth party Fifth party   Party RPP Maoist Centre Seats before 26 19 Seats won 14 11 Seat change 12 8 Popular vote 7,598 Percentage 16.9%
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. 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.

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

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. 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.

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. He did not contest for re-election and instead announced his intention to run for the House of Representatives.

Candidates

Results

Mayoral election

Ward results

Results by ward

Council formation

See also

• 2022 Nepalese local elections
• 2022 Lalitpur municipal election
• 2022 Kathmandu municipal election
• 2022 Janakpur municipal election
• 2022 Pokhara municipal election

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. Express, The Annapurna. "NC's Prashant Bista elected mayor of Nepalgunj Sub-Metropolitan City". The Annapurna Express. Retrieved 2022-05-21.
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)
8. Oli, Arjun. "Dhawal returns to power in Nepalgunj Sub-metropolitan city". My Republica. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
9. सहि नेतृत्व पाएको राप्रपा सुदृढ भएर जनतामाझ जान्छ ।नेपालगन्ज समृद्धितर्फ | Dr. Dhawal Shamsher Rana, retrieved 2022-05-20

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Metropolitan Cities	Bharatpur Biratnagar Birgunj Kathmandu Lalitpur Pokhara
Sub-metropolitan Cities	Butwal Dhangadhi Dharan Ghorahi Hetauda Itahari Janakpur Jitpursimara Kalaiya Nepalgunj Tulsipur
Municipalities	Rajbiraj

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