Municipal election for Dhangadhi 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.
Independent candidate Gopal Hamal was elected mayor of the sub-metropolitan city defeating incumbent mayor Nrip Bahadur Wad of the Nepali Congress. Congress however regained control of the council.
Background
Dhangadhi was established in 1976 as a municipality. The sub-metropolitan city was created in 2015 by incorporating neighboring village development committees into Dhangadhi 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, Nrip Bahadur Wad from Nepali Congress was elected as mayor.
Candidates PartyMayor candidateDeputy Mayor candidateNepali CongressNrip Bahadur WadIndependentGopal HamalRastriya Prajatantra PartyDurga Dutt PantCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Rana Bahadur ChandKandakala Rana TharuCPN (Maoist Centre)Shanti AdhikariPeople's Socialist Party, NepalKalendra AireeLoktantrik Samajwadi Party, NepalBasanta Bahadur BishwakarmaNagarik Unmukti PartyNim Kumar ChaudharySabitra Chaudhary
Opinion poll DateNews agencySample sizeGopal HamalNrip Bahadur WadRana Bahadur ChandNoneUndecidedResult10 May 2022Setopati100393112144Hung39%31%21%14%4%
Results
Mayoral election
Ward results
! colspan="2" style="text-align:centre;" | Party ! Chairman ! Members |- | style="background-color:;" | | style="text-align:left;" |Nepali Congress | style="text-align:center;" | 11 | style="text-align:center;" | 48 |- | style="background-color:;" | | style="text-align:left;" |CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) | style="text-align:center;" | 6 | style="text-align:center;" | 24 |- | style="background-color:;" | | style="text-align:left;" |CPN (Maoist Centre) | style="text-align:center;" | 2 | style="text-align:center;" | 4 |- ! colspan="2" style="text-align:right;" | Total ! 19 ! 76
Summary of results by ward Position12345678910111213141516171819ChairmanOpen Member 1Open Member 2Female MemberFemale Dalit MemberSource: Election Commission
Council formation PartyMayorDeputy MayorWard ChairmanWard MembersTotal seatsRemarksIndependent1000Nepali Congress114859MajorityCommunist Party of Nepal (UML)62430CPN (Maoist Centre)1247Total1119769749 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