2022 Tulsipur municipal election

Municipal election for Tulsipur took place on 13 May 2022, with all 97 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.

Background

Tulsipur was established in 1992 as a municipality. The sub-metropolitan city was formed in 2017 by incorporating neighboring village development committees into Tulsipur 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, Ghanshyam Pandey from CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) was elected as the first mayor of the sub-metropolitan city.

Candidates PartyMayor candidateNepali CongressGehendra GiriCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

Results

Mayoral election

Ward results

! colspan="2" style="text-align:centre;" | Party ! Chairman ! Members |- | style="background-color:;" | | style="text-align:left;" |CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) | style="text-align:center;" | 10 | style="text-align:center;" | 55 |- | style="background-color:;" | | style="text-align:left;" |Nepali Congress | style="text-align:center;" | 5 | style="text-align:center;" | 18 |- | style="background-color:;" | | style="text-align:left;" |CPN (Maoist Centre) | style="text-align:center;" | 3 | style="text-align:center;" | 3 |- | style="background-color:;" | | style="text-align:left;" |Independent | style="text-align:center;" | 1 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 |- ! colspan="2" style="text-align:right;" | Total ! 19 ! 76 |} Summary of Results by ward Position12345678910111213141516171819ChairmanOpen MemberOpen MemberFemale MemberFemale Dalit MemberSource: Election Commission

2022 Tulsipur municipal election

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