Municipal election for Itahari took place on 13 May 2022, with all 102 positions up for election across 20 wards. The electorate elected a mayor, a deputy mayor, 20 ward chairs and 80 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.

Hem Karna Paudel from Nepali Congress was elected as the mayor of the metropolitan city defeating CPN (UML) candidate.

Background

Itharai was established as a municipality in 1997. The sub-metropolitan city was created in 2014 by merging nearby village development committees into Itahari municipality. 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, Dwarik Lal Chaudhary of the CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) was elected as the first mayor of the sub-metropolitan city.

Candidates PartyMayor candidateNepali CongressHemkarna PaudelCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Yam Kumar SubbaRastriya Prajatantra PartyAkash Subba

Opinion poll DateNews agencySample sizeHem Karna PaudelYam Kumar Subba Akash SubbaUndecidedResult9 May 2022Setopati853628714Hung42%33%8.5%16.5%

Exit polls DatePollsterPaudelY SubbaA SubbaOthersLeadCongressUMLRPP13 May 2022Facts Nepal54.3%28.7%7.1%9.0%25.6%

Results

Mayoral election

Ward results

! colspan="2" style="text-align:centre;" | Party ! Chairman ! Members |- | style="background-color:;" | | style="text-align:left;" |Communist Party of Nepal (UML) | style="text-align:center;" | 14 | style="text-align:center;" | 60 |- | style="background-color:;" | | style="text-align:left;" |Nepali Congress | style="text-align:center;" | 5 | style="text-align:center;" | 16 |- | style="background-color:;" | | style="text-align:left;" |Independent | style="text-align:center;" | 1 | style="text-align:center;" | 4 |- ! colspan="2" style="text-align:right;" | Total ! 20 ! 80

Summary of results by ward

Position1234567891011121314151617181920Ward ChairmanWard Member 1Ward Member 2Female MemberFemale Dalit MemberSource: Election Commission

Council formation PartyMayorDeputy MayorWard ChairmanWard MembersTotal seatsRemarksNepali Congress151622Communist Party of Nepal (UML)1146075MajorityIndependent145Total11208010252 for Majority

See also

2022 Nepalese local elections 2022 Lalitpur municipal election 2022 Kathmandu municipal election 2022 Janakpur municipal election 2022 Pokhara municipal election

References