2022 Butwal municipal elections
13 May 2022
97 seats to Butwal Sub Metropolitan City Council
49 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Khel Raj Pandey Baburam Bhattarai
Party Nepali Congress CPN (UML) Unified Socialist
Seats before 8 89 0
Seats won 66 28 1
Seat change Increase 58 Decrease 61 Increase 1
Popular vote 30,249 22,718
Percentage 52.3% 39.3%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Janamukti Independent
Seats before 0 0
Seats won 1 1
Seat change Increase 1 Increase 1
Results for ward chair by party
Mayor before election

Shiva Prasad Subedi
CPN (UML)

 Elected mayor

Khel Raj Pandey
Nepali Congress

Municipal election for Butwal took place on 13 May 2022, with all 97 positions up for election across 19 wards.[1][2] The electorate elected a mayor, a deputy mayor, 19 ward chairs and 76 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]

Khel Raj Pandey from Nepali Congress was elected as mayor of the sub-metropolitan city.[5]

Background

Butwal was established in 1959 as a municipality. The sub-metropolitan city was created in 2014 by incorporating neighboring village development committees into Butwal 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, Shiva Raj Subedi from CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) was elected as mayor.[8]

Candidates

Party Mayor candidate
Nepali Congress Khel Raj Pandey
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Mrigendra Sherchan
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Baburam Bhattarai

Opinion Poll

Date News agency Sample size Khel Raj Pandey Baburam Bhattarai Mrigendra Sherchan Undecided Result
10 May 2022 Setopati[9] 80 25 21 17 17 Hung
31% 26% 21% 21%

Exit polls

Date Pollster Bhattarai Pandey Sherchan Others Lead
UML Congress RPP
13 May 2022 Facts Nepal[10] 50.8% 38.1% 10.2% 0.8% 12.7%

Results

Mayoral election

Mayoral elections result
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nepali Congress Khel Raj Pandey 30,249 52.3% +6.9%
CPN (UML) Baburam Bhattarai 22,718 39.3% -11.3%
RPP Mrigendra Kumar Sherchan 4,379 7.6% +7.2%
Others 450 0.8%
Total votes 57,796 100.0%
Nepali Congress gain from CPN (UML) Swing +9.1%
Deputy mayoral elections result
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPN (UML) Sabitra Devi Arya 25,061 50.8% -8.8%
Unified Socialist Chin Bahadur Gurung 17,023 34.5% New
RPP Bhagwati Pandey 6,820 13.8% +12.5%
Others 394 0.8%
Total votes 49,298 100.0%
CPN (UML) hold

Ward results

Summary of Partywise Ward chairman and Ward member seats won, 2022
Party Chairman Members
Nepali Congress 12 53
CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) 5 22
CPN (Unified Socialist) 1 0
Rastriya Janamukti Party 0 1
Independent 1 0
Total 19 76

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
Chairman
Open Member
Open Member
Female Member
Female Dalit Member
Source: Election Commission

Council formation

Party Mayor Deputy Mayor Ward Chairman Ward Members Total seats Remarks
Nepali Congress 1 12 53 66 Majority
Communist Party of Nepal (UML) 1 5 22 28
CPN (Unified Socialist) 1 0 1
Rastriya Janamukti Party 0 1 1
Independent 1 0 1
Total 1 1 19 76 97 49 for Majority

See also

References

  1. ↑ Article 215(6) of the Constitution of Nepal (September 20, 2015)
  2. ↑ "Government announces local level elections for May 13". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  3. ↑ Article 216(4) of the Constitution of Nepal (September 20, 2015)
  4. ↑ यसरी चुनिँदै छन् स्थानीय प्रतिनिधि, कार्यपालिकाभन्दा व्यवस्थापिका ठूलो. Setopati. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "NC candidate Pandey wins mayoral post in Butwal". Khabarhub. Retrieved 2022-05-21.
  6. ↑ Magazine, New Spolight. "Nepal government declares 61 new municipalities". SpotlightNepal. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  7. ↑ Article 223(2) of the Constitution of Nepal (September 20, 2015)
  8. ↑ "UML candidates elected in Butwal Sub-Metropolis". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  9. ↑ Setopati, शोभा शर्मा. "बुटवलमा कांग्रेस र एमालेको टक्कर, राप्रपाको दबाब". Setopati. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
  10. ↑ "बुटवल उप-महानगरपालिका". Twitter. Retrieved 2022-05-13.
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