2022 Nepalgunj municipal election

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]

2022 Nepalgunj municipal elections

← 2017 13 May 2022 2027 →
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 PSP-Nepal 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

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

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

Results

Mayoral election

Mayoral elections result

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Congress	Prashant Bista	23,460	52.2%	+31.3%
	CPN (UML)	Pashupati Dayal Mishra	11,675	26.0%	+9.4%
	RPP	Nanda Lal Vaishya	7,598	16.9%	−13.0%
	Others		2,191	4.9%
Total votes			44,924	100.0%
	Congress gain from RPP		Swing	+22.15%

Deputy mayoral elections result

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PSP-Nepal	Kamaruddin Rae	17,940	44.1%	+31.1%
	CPN (UML)	Shanti Devi Dhakal	10,925	26.9%	+8.1%
	RPP	Bindu Charti Magar	10,135	24.9%	+3.3%
	Others		1,673	4.1%
Total votes			40,673	100.0%
	PSP-Nepal gain from Congress		Swing	+28.55%

Ward results

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

Party		Chairman	Members
	Nepali Congress	5	36
	CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)	5	20
	People's Socialist Party, Nepal	6	18
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	3	11
	CPN (Maoist Centre)	4	7
Total		23	92

Results by ward

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23
Chairman
Female Member
Female Dalit Member
Open Member
Open Member

Council formation

Party		Mayor	Deputy Mayor	Ward Chairman	Ward Members	Total seats	Remarks
	Nepali Congress	1		5	36	41	Largest party
	Communist Party of Nepal (UML)			5	20	25
	People's Socialist Party, Nepal		1	6	18	25
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party			3	11	14
	CPN (Maoist Centre)		1	2	4	7
Total		1	1	23	92	117	59 for Majority

See also

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