Nepalese local elections
2022 Nepalese local elections Turnout 70.96% ( 3.20pp )[2] First party Second party Third party Leader Sher Bahadur Deuba KP Sharma Oli Pushpa Kamal Dahal Party NC CPN (UML) CPN (MC) Leader since 7 March 2016 8 March 2021 8 March 2021 Heads 329 206 121 Heads +/– 54 65 15 Ward chairs 2,658 2,132 1,053 Ward chairs +/– 284 428 49 Popular Vote 3,956,193 3,811,602 1,503,247 Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party Leader Upendra Yadav Madhav Kumar Nepal Mahantha Thakur Party PSP-N Unified Socialist Loktantrik Samajwadi Leader since May 2020 18 August 2021 18 August 2021 Heads 30 20 16 Heads +/– 13 1 2 Ward chairs 295 190 103 Ward chairs +/– 11 190 92 Popular Vote 577,380 422,737 255,882 Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party Leader Rajendra Lingden Chitra Bahadur K.C. Ranjita Shrestha Party RPP Rastriya Janamorcha Nagrik Unmukti Leader since 5 December 2021 26 May 2006 3 January 2022 Heads 4 4 4 Heads +/– 1 1 4 Ward chairs 62 26 14 Ward chairs +/– 1 7 14 Popular Vote 363,160 40,491 31,039
The 2022 Nepalese local elections were held on 13 May 2022 in 6 metropolitan cities, 11 sub-metropolitan cities, 276 municipalities and 460 rural municipalities.[3] These were the second set of local-level elections to be held since the promulgation of the new constitution in 2015 .[4] From the local election result Nepali Congress has become the single largest party of Nepal followed by CPN (UML) and Maoist Centre .
Electoral system [ edit ] Each local body has an elected head, a chair for rural municipalities and a mayor for municipalities . They also have a deputy head, a deputy chair for rural municipalities and a deputy mayor for municipalities . Local levels are further subdivided into wards which have a ward chairperson and four members out of which two must be female with one of them from the Dalit community.[5] The Chairperson/Mayor and a Deputy chairperson/Deputy Mayor are chosen by voters of the entire local level while Ward Chairperson and Ward Members are chosen by voters of the concerned ward. A single ballot is used for voting and First past the post electoral system is used to select the winner.
Local Level Type Choice Metropolitan City Mayor, Deputy Mayor, Ward Chairperson, 4 Ward members per ward Sub-Metropolitan City Mayor, Deputy Mayor, Ward Chairperson, 4 Ward members per ward Municipality Mayor, Deputy Mayor, Ward Chairperson, 4 Ward members per ward Rural Municipality Chairperson, deputy chairperson, Ward Chairperson, 4 Ward members per ward
Qualification for candidates [ edit ] According to Part 17 of the Constitution, a person who meets the following criteria is qualified to become a candidate for various elected offices of the local level:[6]
citizen of Nepal, completed the age of twenty one years, registered voters of concerned local level,[a] and not being disqualified by any Federal law, Date Pollster Party Mayor and Chairperson Deputy mayor and Deputy chairperson Ward chairman Increase or Decrease 10 May 2022 Setopati[7] Congress 295-317 288-309 2462-2607 UML 235-253 241-264 2085-2299 Maoist Centre 76-105 72-99 970-1130 CPN (US) 35-43 39-47 290-370 PSP-N 24-32 23-29 200-245 RPP 13-22 11-15 82-104 LSP-N 12-17 14-19 89-119 Ind 6-9 1-5 92-118 RJM 2-4 2-3 31-46 NMKP 1-2 1-2 18-23 -/ Janamat 2-5 1-3 14-20 PPP 0-3 0-2 12-21 PFP 0-2 0-1 9-16 Others 0-2 0-1 31-47 - Total 753 753 6742
Exit poll [ edit ] Mayor/Chairperson post [ edit ] Date Pollster Party Province 1 Madhesh province Bagmati province Gandaki province Lumbini province Karnali province Sudurpaschim province Total 13 May 2022 ABC Television[8] Congress 60-70 45-50 40-44 46-50 38-42 20-23 42-47 292-326 UML 36-40 23-24 43-50 23-25 29-30 13-16 18-23 185-209 Maoist Centre 15-16 16-18 18-20 5-8 20-25 27-33 17-20 118-142 PSP-N 2-4 27-34 - 2-3 9-15 - 1-2 41-59 CPN (US) 1-2 2-4 2-3 - 1-2 5-7 2-4 13-23 LSP-N 1-2 8-12 - - 1-2 - 1-2 11-18 RJM - - - 2 3 - - 5 RPP 2-3 0-1 1-2 - 0-1 - 0-1 3-8 Others/Independent - 1-2 1-2 - 1-2 1-2 1-2 6-10 High competition 20 15 14 7 6 13 6 81 Total 137 136 119 85 109 78 88 753
Results [ edit ] Overall Results Parties Mayor/Chair Deputy mayor/chair Ward chair Ward members Total Nepali Congress 329 300 2,668 10,476 13,773 CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) 206 241 2,137 9,345 11,929 CPN (Maoist Centre) 121 128 1,053 3,743 5,045 People's Socialist Party, Nepal 30 31 295 1,193 1,548 CPN (Unified Socialist) 20 23 190 754 987 Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal 16 12 103 450 581 Rastriya Prajatantra Party 4 4 62 235 305 Rastriya Janamorcha 4 3 26 126 159 Nagrik Unmukti Party 4 3 14 78 99 Janamat Party 2 1 19 74 96 Nepal Workers Peasants Party 1 1 19 64 85 People's Progressive Party 1 1 4 16 22 Bibeksheel Sajha Party 1 1 2 7 11 Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party 1 0 3 8 12 Nepal Janata Party 0 0 2 8 10 Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch 0 0 2 7 9 Nepali Congress (B.P.) 0 0 2 5 7 Nepal Loktantrik Party 0 0 1 6 7 Rastriya Janamukti Party 0 0 1 6 7 Bahujan Shakti Party 0 0 1 5 6 Bahujan Ekata Party Nepal 0 0 1 4 5 Nepal Susashan Party 0 0 1 3 4 CPN Maoist Socialist 0 0 0 2 2 Nepal Sadbhawana Party 0 0 0 1 1 Independents 13 4 137 232 385 Total 753 753 6,743 26,848 35,097 Source: Election Commission of Nepal[9] [10]
By province [ edit ] Province 1 [ edit ] Madhesh Province [ edit ] Party Mayor/Chairperson Deputy mayor/chairperson Ward chair Ward members Total Nepali Congress 46 56 418 1,676 2,196 CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) 30 27 274 1,136 1,467 People's Socialist Party, Nepal 25 26 226 931 1,208 Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal 14 10 87 372 483 CPN (Maoist Centre) 9 9 139 523 680 CPN (Unified Socialist) 6 5 80 310 401 Janamat Party 2 1 13 46 62 Bibeksheel Sajha Party 1 1 2 7 11 Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party 1 0 3 8 12 Rastriya Prajatantra Party 0 0 6 24 30 Bahujan Ekata Party Nepal 0 0 1 4 5 Nepal Loktantrik Party 0 0 1 4 5 Nepal Janata Party 0 0 1 4 5 Nepal Susashan Party 0 0 1 3 4 Bahujan Shakti Party 0 0 0 1 1 Nepal Sadbhwana Party 0 0 0 1 1 Independents 2 1 19 28 50 Total 136 136 1,271 5,078 6,621 Source: Election Commission of Nepal[12]
Bagmati Province [ edit ] Gandaki Province [ edit ] Lumbini Province [ edit ] Karnali Province [ edit ] Sudurpaschim Province [ edit ] Major cities [ edit ] Metropolitan cities [ edit ] Sub-metropolitan cities [ edit ] Incidents [ edit ] This section
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The Election Commission of Nepal sought clarification from CPN (Maoist Centre) chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal and the wife of prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba , Arzu Rana Deuba for violating the code of conduct during their election rally.[18]
The chairman of the Muslim Commission Samim Miya Ansari was caught in Janakpurdham during the silence period of election campaigning for trying to buy votes for independent candidate Janakiram Sah and Surendra Bhandari, the chair of the Janakpur committee of CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) was also arrested for trying to buy votes.[19] Ansari later accused UML leaders Raghubir Mahasheth and Julie Kumari Mahato of framing him.[20]
During election day, the commission fined former prime minister Baburam Bhattarai NPR 15,000 for breaking the code of conduct by tweeting a picture of his ballot paper.[21] In Vyas municipality in Tanahun , independent candidate, Deepak Raj Joshi, son of former Nepali Congress leader Govinda Raj Joshi , sustained injuries to the head after being beaten up by cadres of Nepali Congress .[22] After clashes broke out between cadres of People's Socialist Party , Nepali Congress and CPN (UML) in Yamunamai Rural Municipality in Rautahat , a former police constable ran away with the ballot box in the ensuing chaos and voting was suspended.[23] He was later arrested.[24]
According to the National Human Rights Commission voting was suspended in different parts of the country due to clashes between supporters of different political parties.[25] The Election Commission of Nepal reported that voting was suspended in 79 polling centres on May 13.[26]
After accusations of booth capturing by CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) in Budhiganga Rural Municipality in Bajura , Nepali Congress demanded that a re-election be held.[27] The Election Commission later agreed with the demands and a re-election was held on 7 July.[28] [29]
See also [ edit ] ^ Candidates for ward chairperson and ward members must be registered in the concerned ward References [ edit ] ^ "Local election on May 13" . February 7, 2022. Retrieved February 10, 2022 . ^ Ghimire, Binod. "Nepalis in general love to vote. Why is turnout low then? Disenchantment?" . The Kathmandu Post . Retrieved 15 May 2022 . ^ "Nepal Election Commission proposes local level polls in March next year" . ANI News . Retrieved 2021-11-13 . ^ "देउवाको रणनीति : स्थानीय तहभन्दा पहिले संसदको चुनाव" . Online Khabar . Retrieved 2021-12-08 . ^ "Elections in Nepal 2017 Local Elections Frequently Asked Questions" (PDF) . International Foundation for Electoral Systems . Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-07-12. ^ Part 17 Constitution of Nepal ^ Setopati, सेतोपाटी टिम. "काठमाडौंको भित्री नेवार बस्तीमा केशव स्थापित, सिर्जना सिंह र बालेन शाहमध्ये को बलियो?" . Setopati . Retrieved 2022-05-10 . ^ "स्थानीय तह निर्वाचनको एक्जीट पोल सार्वजनिक : काँग्रेस पहिलो, दोस्रो एमाले , तेस्रो माओवादी केन्द्र (यस्तो छ नतिजा)" . ABC NEWS NEPAL | No.1 News channel of Nepal . 2022-05-13. Retrieved 2022-05-13 . ^ "स्थानीय तह निर्वाचन इ-बुलेटिन •वर्ष १ • अंक ४३ • २०७९ जेठ १२ गते बिहिबार" (PDF) . Election Commission of Nepal . 26 May 2022. ^ "निर्वाचन परिणाम तथा खर्च सार्वजनकीकरण" (PDF) . Election Commission, Nepal . 26 July 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022 . ^ प्रदेश १ को परिणाम पुस्तक (PDF) (in Nepali). Election Commission (Nepal) . ^ प्रदेश २ को परिणाम पुस्तक (PDF) (in Nepali). Election Commission (Nepal) . ^ प्रदेश ३ को परिणाम पुस्तक (PDF) (in Nepali). Election Commission (Nepal) . ^ प्रदेश ४ को परिणाम पुस्तक (PDF) (in Nepali). Election Commission (Nepal) . ^ प्रदेश ५ को परिणाम पुस्तक (PDF) (in Nepali). Election Commission (Nepal) . ^ प्रदेश ६ को परिणाम पुस्तक (PDF) (in Nepali). Election Commission (Nepal) . ^ प्रदेश ७ को परिणाम पुस्तक (PDF) (in Nepali). Election Commission (Nepal) . ^ "Election Commission seeks clarification from Dahal, Rana" . kathmandupost.com . Retrieved 2022-05-26 . ^ "पैसा बाँडेको आरोपमा एमाले जनकपुर अध्यक्ष सुरेन्द्र भण्डारी पक्राउ" . ekantipur.com (in Nepali). Retrieved 2022-05-12 . ^ "महासेठलाई कारबाही गर्न सरकार र ओलीसँग मुस्लिम आयोग अध्यक्षको माग" . ekantipur.com (in Nepali). Retrieved 2022-05-12 . ^ "Election Commission seeks clarification from Bhattarai" . kathmandupost.com . Retrieved 2022-05-26 . ^ Times, Nepali. "Nepalis vote enthusiastically in local elections" . Retrieved 2022-05-26 . ^ "Locals run away with ballot boxes in Rautahat" . Khabarhub . Retrieved 2022-05-26 . ^ Thakur, Madan. "Former police constable arrested for looting ballot box" . My Republica . Retrieved 2022-05-26 . ^ "Violent activities reported during elections" . kathmandupost.com . Retrieved 2022-05-26 . ^ "Election postponed in 79 polling centres so far: EC" . GorakhaPatra . Retrieved 2022-05-26 . ^ "Budhiganga Rural Municipality's local level election fate left in limbo amid controversy and indecision" . thehimalayantimes.com . Retrieved 2022-05-26 . ^ "EC directs Home Ministry to hold re-election at Budhiganga Municipality" . Khabarhub . Retrieved 2022-05-26 . ^ "Cancelled on May 13 due to rigging, voting underway in a Bajura unit - OnlineKhabar English News" . 2022-07-07. Retrieved 2022-07-12 .
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