Gopal Hamal

Gopal Hamal (Nepali: गोपाल हमाल), also known as Gopi Hamal is a Nepalese politician, social worker, and current mayor of Dhangadhi sub metropolitan city.^[1] He announced his candidacy as an independent candidate and won the 2022 election with more than 51 percent of the vote.^[2][3] He has been mayor since May 2022.^[4] Prior to this he also contested in 2017 Dhangadhi municipal election, but lost by around 2,700 votes.^[2][5]

Mayor Gopal Hamal
गोपाल हमाल
Hamal in 2022
Mayor of Dhangadhi
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 May 2022
Deputy	Kandakala Kumari Rana
Preceded by	Nrip Bahadur Wad
Personal details
Nationality	Nepali
Political party	Independent
Occupation	Politician social activist businessman

Electoral history

2022 Dhangadhi municipal election

Mayoral elections result

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Gopal Hamal	26,865	51.8%	+27.7%
	Congress	Nrip Bahadur Wad	14,817	28.6%	−1.4%
	CPN (UML)	Rana Bahadur Chand	9,115	17.6%	−3.2%
	Nagrik Unmukti	Nim Kumar Chaudhary	805	1.6%	New
	Others		276	0.5%
Total votes			51,878	100.0%
	Independent gain from Congress		Swing	+14.6%