2022 Itahari municipal election

Municipal election for Itahari took place on 13 May 2022, with all 102 positions up for election across 20 wards.^[1][2] The electorate elected a mayor, a deputy mayor, 20 ward chairs and 80 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]

2022 Itahari municipal elections

← 2017 13 May 2022 2027 →
102 seats to Itahari Sub Metropolitan City Council 52 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Hem Karna Paudel Party Nepali Congress+ CPN (UML) Seats before 43 58 Seats won 22 75 Seat change 21 17   Third party Fourth party   Party Independent Maoist Centre Seats before 0 1 Seats won 5 0 Seat change 5 1
Results for ward chair by party
Mayor before election Dwarik Lal Chaudhary CPN (UML) Elected Mayor Hem Karna Paudel Nepali Congress

Hem Karna Paudel from Nepali Congress was elected as the mayor of the metropolitan city defeating CPN (UML) candidate.

Background

Itharai was established as a municipality in 1997. The sub-metropolitan city was created in 2014 by merging nearby village development committees into Itahari municipality.^[5][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, Dwarik Lal Chaudhary of the CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) was elected as the first mayor of the sub-metropolitan city.^[8]

Candidates

Party		Mayor candidate
	Nepali Congress	Hemkarna Paudel
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Yam Kumar Subba
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Akash Subba

Opinion poll

Date	News agency	Sample size	Hem Karna Paudel	Yam Kumar Subba	Akash Subba	Undecided	Result
9 May 2022	Setopati[9]	85	36	28	7	14	Hung
			42%	33%	8.5%	16.5%

Exit polls

Date	Pollster	Paudel	Y Subba	A Subba	Others	Lead
		Congress	UML	RPP
13 May 2022	Facts Nepal[10]	54.3%	28.7%	7.1%	9.0%	25.6%

Results

Mayoral election

Mayoral elections result

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Congress	Hem Karna Paudel	33,049	50.0%	+9.2%
	CPN (UML)	Yam Kumar Chungbang Subba	28,031	42.4%	−0.8%
	RPP	Aakash Hang Limbu	3,908	5.9%	−1.2%
	Others		1,131	1.7%
Total votes			66,119	100.0%
Registered electors			104,626
	Congress gain from CPN (UML)		Swing	+5.0%

Deputy mayoral elections result

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPN (UML)	Sangita Kumari Chaudhary	32,436	58.0%	+12.0%
	Unified Socialist	Keshav Kumar Bista	18,031	32.3%	New
	RPP	Babita Kumari Chaudhary	4,719	8.4%	+0.9%
	Others		717	1.3%
Total votes			55,903	100.0%
Registered electors			104,626
	CPN (UML) hold

Ward results

Summary of Partywise Ward chairman and Ward member seats won, 2022

Party		Chairman	Members
	Communist Party of Nepal (UML)	14	60
	Nepali Congress	5	16
	Independent	1	4
Total		20	80

Summary of results by ward

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Ward Chairman
Ward Member 1
Ward Member 2
Female Member
Female Dalit Member
Source: Election Commission

Council formation

Party		Mayor	Deputy Mayor	Ward Chairman	Ward Members	Total seats	Remarks
	Nepali Congress	1		5	16	22
	Communist Party of Nepal (UML)		1	14	60	75	Majority
	Independent			1	4	5
Total		1	1	20	80	102	52 for Majority

See also

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