2022 Biratnagar municipal election

2022 Biratnagar municipal elections
97 seats to Biratnagar Metropolitan City Council; 49 seats needed for a majority
Mayor before election; Bhim Parajuli; Congress	Elected mayor ; Nagesh Koirala; Congress

Municipal election for Biratnagar took place on 13 May 2022, with all 122 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]

Nagesh Koirala from Nepali Congress was elected as the new mayor of Metropolitan city.^[4]

Background

The first election after the city was declared as a metropolitan city was held in 2017.^[5] 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.^[6]

Bhim Parajuli from Nepali Congress was elected as the first mayor of the metropolitan city in the previous election.^[7]

Candidates

In accordance with the decision of central leaders of Nepali Congress, CPN (Maoist Centre), People's Socialist Party, CPN (Unified Socialist) and Rastriya Janamorcha, an alliance was created to contest local elections in some local units. In Biratnagar, Nagesh Koirala from Nepali Congress was the candidate for mayor from the alliance and Amrendra Yadav from People's Socialist party was the candidate for deputy mayor.^[8]

Mayoral candidates

Party^[9]^[a]		Mayor candidate
	Nepali Congress (supported by CPN (MC), CPN (US) and PSPN)	Naagesh Koirala^[8]
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Sagar Kumar Thapa^[10]
	Janamat Party	Arun Kumar Mandal
	Independent	Sakriya Gautam
	Independent	Umesh Kumar Yadav^[11]
	CPN (Socialist)	Sone Lal Rajbanshi
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Devi Paudel
	Bibeksheel Sajha Party	Amalesh Kumar Karna
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Prahlad Prasad Sah^[12]
	Pichhadabarga Nishad Dalit Janajati Party	Pradeep Kumar Kamat
	Nepali Congress (B.P.)	Ramchandra Prasad Gautam
	Federal Democratic National Front	Nageshwar Singh Rajput
	Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal	Mrityunjaya Kumar Mishra

Deputy mayoral candidates

Party^[9]^[a]		Deputy Mayor candidate
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Shilpa Karki^[10]
	Janamat Party	Anu Kumari Kamat
	Independent	Ganga Devi Subedi
	CPN (Socialist)	Laxmi Rajbanshi
	Independent	Namita Neupane
	Nepali Congress (B.P.)	Maya Ojha
	Federal Democratic National Front	Chandrakala Sharma
	Bibeksheel Sajha Party	Shriju Parajuli
	Pichhadibarga Nishad Dalit Janajati Party	Hafizan Khatun
	Independent	Basundhara Devi Jha
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Chandrakala Siwakoti
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Bindra Kumari Acharya^[12]
	Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal	Sahnaz Khatun
	People's Socialist Party, Nepal (supported by NC, CPN (MC) and CPN (US))	Amarendra Yadav^[8]

Opinion poll

Date	News agency	Sample size	Nagesh Koirala	Sagar Thapa	Umesh Yadav	Others/Undecided	Result
9 May 2022	Setopati^[13]	130	52	21	12	45	Hung
9 May 2022	Setopati^[13]	130	40%	16%	9%	35%	Hung

Exit polls

Date	Pollster	Koirala	Thapa	Yadav	Sah	Others	Lead
		Congress	UML	Ind.	RPP	Others

13 May 2022	Facts Nepal^[14]	49.0%	29.9%	12.5%	4.4%	4.2%	19.1%

Results

Mayoral election

Mayoral elections result
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Congress	Naagesh Koirala	30,170	44.3%	+6.7%
	CPN (UML)	Sagar Kumar Thapa	21,455	31.5%	+3.2%
	Independent	Umesh Kumar Yadav	8,795	12.9%	−11.5%
	RPP	Prahlad Prasad Shah	5,216	7.7%	−1.3%
	Janamat	Arun Kumar Mandal	823	1.1%	New
	Loktantrik Samajwadi	Mrityunjaya Kumar Mishra	620	0.9%	New
	Others		959	1.4%
Total votes			68,038	100.0%
Rejected ballots			21,640
Turnout			89,678
Registered electors			133,142
	Congress hold

Deputy mayoral election

Deputy mayoral elections result
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPN (UML)	Shilpa Karki	25,680	46.5%	*New*
	People's Socialist Party, Nepal (2020)	Amarendra Yadav	14,219	25.7%	New
	RPP	Binda Kumari Luitel	6,409	11.6%	+2.9%
	Independent	Namita Neupane	5,117	9.3%	−15.2%
	Janamat	Anu Kumari Kamat	1,133	2.1%	New
	Loktantrik Samajwadi	Shahnaz Khatun	808	1.5%	New
	Others		1,194	2.2%
Total votes			55,229	100.0%
Rejected ballots			34,449	100.0%
Turnout			89,678
Registered electors			133,142
	CPN (UML) gain from Congress		Swing	+55.9%

Ward results

Summary of partywise ward chairpersons and ward member seats won, 2022
Party		Chairpersons	Members
	CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)	9	33
	Nepali Congress	6	33
	People's Socialist Party, Nepal	2	8
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	1	0
	Independent	1	2
Total		19	76

Summary of results by ward

Ward No.	Ward Chair		Ward Members
Ward No.	Ward Chair		Open	Open 2	Female	Female Dalit
1		Kaji Bahadur Basnet
2		Kumar Pokharel
3		Basu Bahadur Basnet
4		Jitan Thapa
5		Santosh Neupane
6		Harish Chandra Sahani
7		Madhu Babu Tiwari
8		Ram Pokharel
9		Bishwanath Prasad Bhagat
10		Arjun Giri
11		Tirthendra Neupane
12		Hira Lal Kamat
13		Surya Lal Yadav
14		Surya Narayan Mahato
15		Prakash Sah
16		Uddhav Kumar Bhujel
17		Samim Kumar Miya
18		Jitendra Kumar Shah
19		Shyam Ghimire

Results for municipal executive election

The municipal executive consists of the mayor, who is also the chair of the municipal executive, the deputy mayor and ward chairs from each ward. The members of the municipal assembly will elect five female members and three members from the Dalit and minority community to the municipal executive.^[15]

Municipal Assembly composition

Party		Members
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	43
	Nepali Congress	40
	People's Socialist Party, Nepal	10
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	1
	Independent	3
Total		97

Results

Category	Candidate^[16]		Votes
Female Member	Kamala Shrestha	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	55
	Santalidevi Bishwas		55
	Sarita Ghimire Nepal		53
	Tara Kumari Raya		53
	Khusbu Bishwakarma		52
	Anju Dahal Gautam	Nepali Congress	40
	Rupa Deuja		40
	Binita Singh Thakuri		40
	Surya Devi Sah		40
	Gayatri Thapa		39
Dalit/Minority Member	Om Prakash Sah	Independent	55
	Sanjiv Kumar Sah	Independent	52
	Dipak Kumar Karna	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	52
	Babita Devi Sah	People's Socialist Party	45
	Bimala Devi Poddhar	People's Socialist Party	41
	Prem Rathi	Nepali Congress	40

Municipal Executive composition

Party		Members
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	16
	Nepali Congress	7
	People's Socialist Party, Nepal	2
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	1
	Independent	3
Total		29

Notes

^ ^a ^b In order published by Election Commission

References

^ Article 215(6) of the Constitution of Nepal (September 20, 2015)
^ "Government announces local level elections for May 13". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
^ Article 216(4) of the Constitution of Nepal (September 20, 2015)
^ "NC leader Nagesh Koirala elected Biratnagar Metropolis mayor". Khabarhub. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
^ "The Kathmandu Post -Taskforce recommends adding 23 local units, elevating Birgunj and Biratnagar as metros". 22 May 2017. Archived from the original on 22 May 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
^ Article 223(2) of the Constitution of Nepal (September 20, 2015)
^ Republica. "Biratnagar's mayor plans to restore lost glory of the city". My Republica. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c "गठबन्धनबाट विराटनगरको मेयर, उपमेयरमा उम्मेदवारी दर्ता". गठबन्धनबाट विराटनगरको मेयर, उपमेयरमा उम्मेदवारी दर्ता. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
^ ^a ^b "स्थानीय तह निर्वाचन २०७९, उम्मेदवारको विवरण (प्रणालीमा हाल सम्म प्रबिस्ट भएको आधारमा मिति: २०७९/०१/२१, समय: ६ बजे)" .... Election Commission Nepal (Excel file) (in Nepali). 4 May 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
^ ^a ^b "विराटनगरमा एमालेले टुंगायो उम्मेदवार : मेयरमा सागर थापा र उपमेयरमा शिल्पा कार्की". विराटनगरमा एमालेले टुंगायो उम्मेदवार : मेयरमा सागर थापा र उपमेयरमा शिल्पा कार्की. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
^ "विराटनगरमा युवा उम्मेदवारको प्रतिस्पर्धा". Online Khabar. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
^ ^a ^b "राप्रपाको विराटनगर मेयर उम्मेदवार प्रह्लाद साह". Online Khabar. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
^ Setopati, Bhanubhakta. "NC's mayoral candidate Nagesh Koirala strong in Biratnagar". Setopati. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
^ "विराटनगर महानगरपालिका". Twitter. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
^ Article 216 of the Constitution of Nepal (September 20, 2015)
^ Setopati, सेतोपाटी संवाददाता. "विराटनगर कार्यपालिकामा पनि हार्यो कांग्रेस–जसपाको गठबन्धन". Setopati. Retrieved 11 June 2022.

[order-10] In order published by Election Commission

[:02-1] Article 215(6) of the Constitution of Nepal (September 20, 2015)

[2] "Government announces local level elections for May 13". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 23 May 2022.

[3] Article 216(4) of the Constitution of Nepal (September 20, 2015)

[4] "NC leader Nagesh Koirala elected Biratnagar Metropolis mayor". Khabarhub. Retrieved 21 May 2022.

[5] "The Kathmandu Post -Taskforce recommends adding 23 local units, elevating Birgunj and Biratnagar as metros". 22 May 2017. Archived from the original on 22 May 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2022.

[6] Article 223(2) of the Constitution of Nepal (September 20, 2015)

[7] Republica. "Biratnagar's mayor plans to restore lost glory of the city". My Republica. Retrieved 23 May 2022.

[:0-8] "गठबन्धनबाट विराटनगरको मेयर, उपमेयरमा उम्मेदवारी दर्ता". गठबन्धनबाट विराटनगरको मेयर, उपमेयरमा उम्मेदवारी दर्ता. Retrieved 25 April 2022.

[list-9] "स्थानीय तह निर्वाचन २०७९, उम्मेदवारको विवरण (प्रणालीमा हाल सम्म प्रबिस्ट भएको आधारमा मिति: २०७९/०१/२१, समय: ६ बजे)" .... Election Commission Nepal (Excel file) (in Nepali). 4 May 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2022.

[:1-11] "विराटनगरमा एमालेले टुंगायो उम्मेदवार : मेयरमा सागर थापा र उपमेयरमा शिल्पा कार्की". विराटनगरमा एमालेले टुंगायो उम्मेदवार : मेयरमा सागर थापा र उपमेयरमा शिल्पा कार्की. Retrieved 25 April 2022.

[:3-12] "विराटनगरमा युवा उम्मेदवारको प्रतिस्पर्धा". Online Khabar. Retrieved 25 April 2022.

[:2-13] "राप्रपाको विराटनगर मेयर उम्मेदवार प्रह्लाद साह". Online Khabar. Retrieved 25 April 2022.

[14] Setopati, Bhanubhakta. "NC's mayoral candidate Nagesh Koirala strong in Biratnagar". Setopati. Retrieved 10 May 2022.

[15] "विराटनगर महानगरपालिका". Twitter. Retrieved 13 May 2022.

[:2b-16] Article 216 of the Constitution of Nepal (September 20, 2015)

[17] Setopati, सेतोपाटी संवाददाता. "विराटनगर कार्यपालिकामा पनि हार्यो कांग्रेस–जसपाको गठबन्धन". Setopati. Retrieved 11 June 2022.

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v t e 2022 Nepalese local elections
Metropolitan Cities	Bharatpur Biratnagar Birgunj Kathmandu Lalitpur Pokhara
Sub-metropolitan Cities	Butwal Dhangadhi Dharan Ghorahi Hetauda Itahari Janakpur Jitpursimara Kalaiya Nepalgunj Tulsipur
Municipalities	Rajbiraj

Background

Candidates

Mayoral candidates

Deputy mayoral candidates

Opinion poll

Exit polls

Results

Mayoral election

Deputy mayoral election

Ward results

Summary of results by ward

Results for municipal executive election

Municipal Assembly composition

Results

Municipal Executive composition

See also

Notes

References