2022 Nepalgunj municipal election
# 2022 Nepalgunj municipal election

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

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

## Results

### Mayoral election

Mayoral elections result :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Nepali 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 | Total votes | Total votes | 44,924 | 100.0% | |
| | Nepali Congress gain from RPP | Nepali Congress gain from RPP | Swing | +22.15% | |

Deputy mayoral elections result :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | PSP-N | 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 | Total votes | Total votes | 40,673 | 100.0% | |
| | PSP-N gain from Nepali Congress | PSP-N gain from Nepali Congress | Swing | +28.55% | |

### Ward results

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

| Party | 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 | Total | 23 | 92 |

**Results by ward**

* Position
* Chairman
* Female Member
* Female Dalit Member
* Open Member
* Open Member

## Council formation

| Party | 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 | Total | 1 | 1 | 23 | 92 | 117 | 59 for Majority |
