Municipal election for Biratnagar took place on 13 May 2022, with all 122 positions up for election across 19 wards. 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.
Nagesh Koirala from Nepali Congress was elected as the new mayor of Metropolitan city.
Background
The first election after the city was declared as a metropolitan city was held in 2017. 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.
Bhim Parajuli from Nepali Congress was elected as the first mayor of the metropolitan city in the previous election.
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.
Mayoral candidates Party Mayor candidateNepali Congress Naagesh KoiralaCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Sagar Kumar ThapaJanamat PartyArun Kumar MandalIndependentSakriya GautamIndependentUmesh Kumar YadavCPN (Socialist)Sone Lal RajbanshiCPN (Marxist–Leninist)Devi PaudelBibeksheel Sajha PartyAmalesh Kumar KarnaRastriya Prajatantra PartyPrahlad Prasad SahPichhadabarga Nishad Dalit Janajati PartyPradeep Kumar KamatNepali Congress (B.P.)Ramchandra Prasad GautamFederal Democratic National FrontNageshwar Singh RajputLoktantrik Samajwadi Party, NepalMrityunjaya Kumar Mishra
Deputy mayoral candidates PartyDeputy Mayor candidateCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Shilpa KarkiJanamat PartyAnu Kumari KamatIndependentGanga Devi SubediCPN (Socialist)Laxmi RajbanshiIndependentNamita NeupaneNepali Congress (B.P.)Maya OjhaFederal Democratic National FrontChandrakala SharmaBibeksheel Sajha PartyShriju ParajuliPichhadibarga Nishad Dalit Janajati PartyHafizan KhatunIndependentBasundhara Devi JhaCPN (Marxist–Leninist)Chandrakala SiwakotiRastriya Prajatantra PartyBindra Kumari AcharyaLoktantrik Samajwadi Party, NepalSahnaz KhatunPeople's Socialist Party, Nepal Amarendra Yadav
Opinion poll DateNews agencySample sizeNagesh KoiralaSagar ThapaUmesh YadavOthers/UndecidedResult9 May 2022Setopati13052211245Hung40%16%9%35%
Exit polls DatePollsterKoiralaThapaYadavSahOthersLeadCongressUMLInd.RPP13 May 2022Facts Nepal49.0%29.9%12.5%4.4%4.2%19.1%
Results
Mayoral election
Deputy mayoral election
Ward results
! colspan="2" style="text-align:centre;" | Party ! Chairpersons ! Members |- | style="background-color:;" | | style="text-align:left;" |CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) | style="text-align:center;" | 9 | style="text-align:center;" | 33 |- | style="background-color:;" | | style="text-align:left;" |Nepali Congress | style="text-align:center;" | 6 | style="text-align:center;" | 33 |- | style="background-color:;" | | style="text-align:left;" |People's Socialist Party, Nepal | style="text-align:center;" | 2 | style="text-align:center;" | 8 |- | style="background-color:gold;" | | style="text-align:left;" |Rastriya Prajatantra Party | style="text-align:center;" | 1 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 |- | style="background-color:;" | | style="text-align:left;" |Independent | style="text-align:center;" | 1 | style="text-align:center;" | 2 |- ! colspan="2" style="text-align:right;" | Total ! 19 ! 76
Summary of results by ward Ward No.Ward ChairWard MembersOpenOpen 2FemaleFemale Dalit1Kaji Bahadur Basnet2Kumar Pokharel3Basu Bahadur Basnet4Jitan Thapa5Santosh Neupane6Harish Chandra Sahani7Madhu Babu Tiwari8Ram Pokharel9Bishwanath Prasad Bhagat10Arjun Giri11Tirthendra Neupane12Hira Lal Kamat13Surya Lal Yadav14Surya Narayan Mahato15Prakash Sah16Uddhav Kumar Bhujel17Samim Kumar Miya18Jitendra Kumar Shah19Shyam 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.
Municipal Assembly composition PartyMembersCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)43Nepali Congress40People's Socialist Party, Nepal10Rastriya Prajatantra Party1Independent3Total97
Results CategoryCandidatePartyVotesFemale MemberKamala ShresthaCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)55Santalidevi Bishwas55Sarita Ghimire Nepal53Tara Kumari Raya53Khusbu Bishwakarma52Anju Dahal GautamNepali Congress40Rupa Deuja40Binita Singh Thakuri40Surya Devi Sah40Gayatri Thapa39Dalit/Minority MemberOm Prakash SahIndependent55Sanjiv Kumar Sah52Dipak Kumar KarnaCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)52Babita Devi SahPeople's Socialist Party45Bimala Devi Poddhar41Prem RathiNepali Congress40
Municipal Executive composition PartyMembersCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)16Nepali Congress7People's Socialist Party, Nepal2Rastriya Prajatantra Party1Independent3Total29
See also 2022 Nepalese local elections 2022 Lalitpur municipal election 2022 Kathmandu municipal election 2022 Janakpur municipal election 2022 Pokhara municipal election
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