Hem Karna Paudel

Hem Karna Poudel (Nepali: हेम कर्ण पौडेल) is a Nepalese politician, belonging to Nepali Congress Party. Poudel is the current mayor of Itahari Sub-Metropolitan City.^[1][2] He defeated CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) candidate Yam Kumar Chungbang Subba by receiving 33,049 votes.^[3][4]

Hem Karna Poudel
हेम कर्ण पौडेल
5th Mayor of Itahari Sub-Metropolitan City
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 May 2022
Deputy	Sangita Kumari Chaudhary
Preceded by	Dwarik Lal Chaudhary
Personal details
Born	Itahari, Nepal
Political party	Nepali Congress

Electoral history

2022 Itahari municipal 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%