2022 Jitpursimara municipal election

Municipal election for Jitpursimara took place on 13 May 2022, with all 122 positions up for election across 24 wards.^[1]^[2] The electorate elected a mayor, a deputy mayor, 24 ward chairs and 96 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]

Rajan Paudel of the CPN (Maoist Centre) was elected as the mayor of sub-metropolitan city.^[5]

Background

The first municipal election for the council was held in 2017 after the council was created by incorporating neighboring village development committees into the former Gadhimai municipality by the Local Reconstruction Body Commission.^[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, Krishna Prasad Paudel from the CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) was elected as the first mayor of the sub-metropolitan city.^[8]

Candidates

Krishna Prasad Paudel did not seek re-election and the incumbent deputy mayor, Saraswati Devi Chaudhary, instead served as the candidate for CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist).

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 Jitpursimara, CPN (Maoist Centre) fielded the candidate for mayor and Nepali Congress fielded the candidate for the deputy mayor from the five-party alliance.^[9]

Results

Mayoral election

Mayoral elections result
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Maoist Centre	Rajan Paudel	18,743	43.4%
	CPN (UML)	Saraswati Devi Chaudhary	17,779	41.1%
	Loktantrik Samajwadi	Sanjay Kumar Sah	5,382	12.5%
	RPP	Madhav Prasad Tripathi	1,302	3.0%
	Others		7	0.02%
Total votes			43,213	100.0%
	Maoist Centre gain from CPN (UML)		Swing

Deputy mayoral elections result
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPN (UML)	Bhola Prasad Adhikari	17,492	43.1%
	Congress	SMegha Shahi	15,842	39.0%
	Loktantrik Samajwadi	Bipi Moktan	5,027	12.4%
	RPP	Sushma Mishra	2,231	5.5%
Total votes			40,592	100.0%
	CPN (UML) hold

Ward results

Summary of Partywise Ward chairman and Ward member seats won, 2022
Party		Chairman	Members
	CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)	13	55
	Nepali Congress	5	19
	CPN (Maoist Centre)	4	14
	Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal	1	5
	CPN (Unified Socialist)	1	3
Total		24	96

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	21	22	23	24
Ward Chairman
Ward Member 1
Ward Member 2
Female Member
Female Dalit Member
Source: 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 2022-05-23.
^ Article 216(4) of the Constitution of Nepal (September 20, 2015)
^ यसरी चुनिँदै छन् स्थानीय प्रतिनिधि, कार्यपालिकाभन्दा व्यवस्थापिका ठूलो. Setopati. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
^ "Results of around 93 % local level elections out". GorakhaPatra. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
^ "My Republica - Kalaiya residents agitate demanding sub metropolitan city". 2017-01-29. Archived from the original on 29 January 2017. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
^ Article 223(2) of the Constitution of Nepal (September 20, 2015)
^ "UML wins Jeetpur Simaraha Sub-metro, NC wins Mahagadimai municipality". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
^ Republica. "Ruling coalition concludes metropolitan, sub metropolitan city seat allocation for local polls". My Republica. Retrieved 2022-05-23.

[:0-1] 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] "Results of around 93 % local level elections out". GorakhaPatra. Retrieved 2022-05-23.

[6] "My Republica - Kalaiya residents agitate demanding sub metropolitan city". 2017-01-29. Archived from the original on 29 January 2017. Retrieved 2022-05-23.

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

[8] "UML wins Jeetpur Simaraha Sub-metro, NC wins Mahagadimai municipality". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2022-05-23.

[9] Republica. "Ruling coalition concludes metropolitan, sub metropolitan city seat allocation for local polls". My Republica. Retrieved 2022-05-23.

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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