2022 Dharan municipal election

2022 Dharan municipal elections
13 May 2022
102 seats to Dharan Sub-Metropolitan City Council
52 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Candidate Harka Raj Rai Kishore Rai
Party Independent Congress
Popular vote 20,821 16,051
Percentage 39.8% 30.7%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Candidate Manju Bhandari Subedi Naresh Kumar Shakya
Party CPN (UML) RPP
Popular vote 12,825 1,488
Percentage 24.5% 2.8%
Mayor before election

Tilak Rai
Congress

Elected Mayor

Harka Raj Rai
Independent

Municipal election for Dharan 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]

Independent candidate Harka Raj Rai was elected as the mayor of the sub-metropolitan city.[5]

Background

Dharan was established in 1958 as a municipality. The sub-metropolitan was created in 2014 by incorporating neighboring village development committees into Dharan 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, Tara Subba from the CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) was elected as the mayor but after he died on 18 July 2018, Tilak Rai from the Nepali Congress was elected as mayor in a by-election in 2019.[8][9]

Candidates

Party Mayor candidate
Nepali Congress Kishor Rai[10]
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Manju Bhandari
Independent Harka Raj Rai

Opinion poll

Date News agency Sample size Harka Sampang Sagar Thapa Manju Bhandari Others/Undecided Result
5 May 2022 Setopati[11] 100 36 22 18 24 Hung
36% 22% 18% 24%

Exit polls

Date Pollster Rai Bhandari Sampang Shakya Others Lead
Congress UML Ind RPP
13 May 2022 Facts Nepal[12] 36.7% 30.5% 18.7% 5.2% 8.9% 6.2%

Results

Mayoral election

Mayoral elections result
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Harka Raj Rai 20,821 39.8% +39.0%
Congress Kishore Rai 16,051 30.7% −19.0%
CPN (UML) Manju Bhandari Subedi 12,825 24.5% −20%
RPP Naresh Kumar Shakya 1,488 2.8% +2.5%
Others 1,142 2.2%
Total votes 52,335 100.0%
Rejected ballots 10,562
Turnout 62,897
Registered electors 100,324
Independent gain from Congress Swing +29.0%
Results for ward chair by party
Results for ward chair by party
  Nepali Congress
  CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)
  CPN (Maoist Centre)
  Rastriya Prajatantra Party
Deputy mayoral elections result
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Maoist Centre Aindra Bikram Begha 20,510 45.0% New
CPN (UML) Padam Prasad Limbu 17,606 38.6% −9.7%
Independent Dutta Kumar Limbu 4,129 9.1% New
RPP Purna Maya Rai 2,237 4.9% +3.8%
Others 1,116 2.4%
Total votes 45,598 100.0%
Rejected ballots 17,299
Turnout 62,897
Registered electors 100,324
Maoist Centre gain from CPN (UML) Swing +27.4%

Ward results

Partywise Ward chairman and Ward member seats won, 2022
Political Party Ward Chairman Ward Members
CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) 10 46
Nepali Congress 7 30
CPN (Maoist Centre) 1 4
Rastriya Prajatantra Party 1 0
Independent 1 0
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
Independent 1 1 2
Communist Party of Nepal (UML) 10 46 56 Majority
Nepali Congress 7 30 37
CPN (Maoist Centre) 1 1 4 6
Rastriya Prajatantra Party 1 0 1
Total 1 1 20 80 102 52 for Majority

See also

References

  1. ^ Article 215(6), Constitution of Nepal (in Nepali), September 20, 2015
  2. ^ "Government announces local level elections for May 13". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  3. ^ यसरी चुनिँदै छन् स्थानीय प्रतिनिधि, कार्यपालिकाभन्दा व्यवस्थापिका ठूलो. Setopati. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  4. ^ Article 216(4), Constitution of Nepal (in Nepali), September 20, 2015
  5. ^ "Independent candidate Harka Raj Rai elected mayor of Dharan Sub-Metropolitan City". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  6. ^ Magazine, New Spolight. "Nepal government declares 61 new municipalities". SpotlightNepal. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  7. ^ Article 223(2), Constitution of Nepal (in Nepali), September 20, 2015
  8. ^ Rai, Rohit. "NC's Tilak Rai elected as mayor of Dharan". My Republica. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  9. ^ "Dharan Mayor Subba, 52, dies in hospital". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  10. ^ रातोपाटी. "काँग्रेसले सुनसरी तय गर्‍यो उम्मेदवार : इटहरीमा हेमकर्ण र धरानमा किशोर". RatoPati (in Nepali). Retrieved 2022-04-25.
  11. ^ Setopati, Bhanubhakta. "Dharan may spring another surprise by electing independent candidate Harka Sampang as mayor". Setopati. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
  12. ^ "धरान उप-महानगरपालिका". Twitter. Retrieved 2022-05-13.
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