Municipal election for Lalitpur took place on 13 May 2022, with all 147 positions up for election across 29 wards. The electorate elected a mayor, a deputy mayor, 29 ward chairs and 116 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.

Chiri Babu Maharjan of Nepali Congress was re-elected, winning 56.5% of the votes.

Background Lalitpur was established as a municipality in 1953. The metropolitan city was created in 2017 by incorporating wards 1 to 13 of Karyabinayak municipality into Lalitpur sub-metropolitan city. 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.

In the previous election, Chiri Babu Maharjan from Nepali Congress was elected as the first mayor of the metropolitan city.

Candidates PartyMayor candidateDeputy Mayor candidateNepali CongressChiri Babu MaharjanSupporting CPN (Maoist Centre) candidateCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Hari Krishna ByanjankarManjali ShakyaCPN (Maoist Centre)Supporting Nepali Congress candidateBaburaj BachracharyaRastriya Prajatantra PartyAshta Bahadur MaharjanSwarnima ShakyaCPN (Unified Socialist)Hari Krishna ThapaUsha BajracharyaBibeksheel Sajha PartyUjwal Krishna ShresthaNepal Majdoor Kisan PartyAshok MaharjanMamita ShresthaCPN (Marxist–Leninist)Mohan Raj ShakyaSasmita ShresthaRastriya Janamukti PartySunny Kapoor MaharjanJanamat PartyBasudev AmatyaKusum BajracharyaAamul Parivartan Masiha Party NepalSapana MaharjanMaulik Jarokilo PartySapana ShresthaNepal Sushasan PartyJanaki PradhanIndependentRajendra Thapa MagarIndependentSarina LakheIndependentSuresh MaharjanIndependentAjar Man JoshiIndependentRajan KhadkaIndependentRatna ByanjankarIndependentSubin Kumar Shakya

Exit polls DatePollsterC MaharjanByanjankarA MaharjanOthersLeadCongressUMLRPP13 May 2022Facts Nepal61.1%25.4%4.1%9.4%35.7%

Results

Ward Results

! colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | Party ! Chairman ! Members |- | style="background-color:;" | | style="text-align:left;" |Nepali Congress | style="text-align:center;" |11 | style="text-align:center;" |44 |- | style="background-color:;" | | style="text-align:left;" |CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) | style="text-align:center;" |11 | style="text-align:center;" |44 |- | style="background-color:;" | | style="text-align:left;" |CPN (Maoist Centre) | style="text-align:center;" |3 | style="text-align:center;" |9 |- | style="background-color:;" | | style="text-align:left;" |CPN (Unified Socialist) | style="text-align:center;" |2 | style="text-align:center;" |7 |- | style="background-color:;" | | style="text-align:left;" |Rastriya Prajatantra Party | style="text-align:center;" |0 | style="text-align:center;" |2 |- | style="background-color:;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Independent | style="text-align:center;" |2 | style="text-align:center;" |0 |- | style="background-color:white;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Vacant | style="text-align:center;" |0 | style="text-align:center;" |10 |- ! colspan="2" style="text-align:right;" | Total ! 29 ! 116

Summary of ward results Ward No.Ward ChairWard MembersOpenOpen 2FemaleFemale Dalit1Nirmal TandukarIndNCNCNC2Rajesh Kumar MaharjanUSUSUSUMLUS3Shreegopal MahrjanUSUSUSUSUS4Santosh KhadkaNCUMLNCNCNC5Bikash Man ShresthaUMLUMLUMLUMLUML6Rupendra Raj ShakyaNCNCNCNC7Kul Bahadur MaharjanNCNCNCNC8Babu Ratna MaharjanNCNCNCNC9Raju MaharjanNCNCNCNCNC10Rabinman ByanjankarNCNCNCNCNC11Aroj Kumar KhadgiNCUMLNCUMLUML12Narayan Lal AwaleUMLUMLUMLUML13Ganesh K.C.IndNCNCNCNC14Amrit Jung MahatNCNCUMLUMLUML15Suresh Bahadur ShahiUMLUMLNCUMLUML16Nirmal Ratna ShakyaNCNCNCNC17Binod MaharjanUMLUMLUMLUML18Damodar KhadkaUMLUMLUMLUMLUML19Rajendra MaharjanUMLUMLUMLUMLUML20Chandra Lal MaharjanNCNCNCNCNC21Rabindra MaharjanMCMCUMLMC22Sagar TuladharUMLUMLNCUMLUML23Jeevan MaharjanUMLUMLUMLUMLUML24Dinesh Jung PandayUMLUMLUMLUMLUML25Daulat Kumar KhatriUMLNCNCNCUML26Suresh MaharjanMCMCMCMC27Krishna Hari MaharjanMCMCMCMC28Birendra MaharjanNCNCUMLMCUML29Ganesh Kumar MaharjanUMLRPPNCRPPNC

Note: 1 candidate from CPN (UML) for Ward Member was elected unopposed under Dalit woman reserved seats. 10 ward member seats reserved for Dalit women were left unfilled due to lack of candidates.

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.

Municipal Assembly composition PartyMembersNepali Congress56CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)56CPN (Unified Socialist)12CPN (Maoist Centre)9Rastriya Prajatantra Party2Independent2Vacant10Total147

Results CategoryCandidatePartyFemale MemberUma Shrestha BajracharyaNepali CongressSanu Maharjan AwaleLaxmi Sharma DahalBabita ShresthaSharan Laxmi MaharjanCPN (Maoist Centre)Apulu ShakyaCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Rukmani MaharjanSangita AchhamiSukumaya LamaSulochana MaharjanDalit/Minority MemberBikash Kumar RokaNepali CongressRam Sharan SarkiCPN (Maoist Centre)Sanu Kaji TolangeCPN (Unified Socialist)Krishna Kumar NepaliCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Natibabu SuchikarManeka Chyamele

Municipal Executive composition PartyMembersNepali Congress17CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)12CPN (Maoist Centre)5CPN (Unified Socialist)3Independent2Total39

See also

2022 Nepalese local elections 2022 Kathmandu municipal elections

References