The 2022 Municipal election for Rajbiraj was held on 13 May 2022 to elect a mayor, a deputy mayor, sixteen ward chairperson and ward members. All positions were elected for a term of five years. A secondary election was held for the municipal executives which elected five women from the elected ward members and three members from the Dalit and minority community. The electorate for this election was for the 82 members chosen by direct election. Janata Samajwadi Party mayoral candidate Bhimraj Yadav was elected as a Mayor of Rajbiraj by securing 9,624 votes.
Background The last local level elections were held in 2017. With the passing of a new constitution in 2015, a commission was formed to restructure the existing local levels into more powerful and autonomous local bodies. The city limits of Rajbiraj were changed during this restructuring and the number of wards was increased from 10 to 16. Electors in each ward will elect a ward chairperson and 4 ward members. Out of 4 ward members, 2 must be female and one of the 2 females must belong to the Dalit community.
Voters Election Commission of Nepal is the responsible body to update and publish the final electoral rolls before the election in Nepal. The election commission had published the final voter list for the local level election on March 27. There is a total of 39,692 registered voters who can cast their vote in Rajbiraj municipal election. The Ward wise electoral details for the 2022 Rajbiraj municipal election: +Ward wise electoral details No.Ward No.MenWomenThird genderTotal1.Ward No. 120171731237502.Ward No. 213091213025223.Ward No. 3819691015104.Ward No. 41164988021525.Ward No. 5932858017906.Ward No. 619661767037337.Ward No. 717361560032968.Ward No. 810841087021719.Ward No. 9211817460386410.Ward No. 10149413060280011.Ward No. 11123910350227412.Ward No. 1211539340208713.Ward No. 13128511300241514.Ward No. 148297270155615.Ward No. 1510719300200116.Ward No. 1685481701771Male21170Female18520Other2Total Voters39692
Election schedule On March 24, the Election commission of Nepal announced the election schedule for the local election. +S.N.ActivitiesDate1Candidate nomination registration2022 April 24-252Publication of nominated candidate list2022 April 253Complaining against a candidate2022 April 264Scrutiny of nomination2022 April 27-285Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination2022 April 286Publication of final candidate list2022 April 297Provide election symbols to candidates2022 April 308Election day2022 May 13Date of Counting of VotesImmediately after completion of electionSource: Election Commission of Nepal
Candidates Mayor Candidates Shambhu Prasad Yadav Shambhu Prasad Yadav, the Mayor of Rajbiraj Municipilaty was elected in 2017. He was elected as a Mayor in local level elections from Rastriya Janata Party Nepal. After the merger of political parties, he joined People's Socialist Party, Nepal in 2020. He is now contesting for the Mayor's candidacy from Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) after resigning from his mayoral post.
Bhimraj Yadav Bhimraj Yadav is the candidate from People's Socialist Party, Nepal. He was previously contested for the Mayor candidacy in 2017 local level election from Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal and lost by 15 votes. He was previously associated with Federation Of Contractors' Associations, Saptari.
Candidates list (Mayor and Deputy Mayor) Key Description♔ denotes former Mayor♕ denotes former Deputy Mayor No.PartyFlagSymbolMayor candidatePhotoDeputy Mayor candidatePhoto1.CPN-MCShambhu Prasad Yadav Pramila Kumari Sah2.PSP-NBhimraj YadavIshrat Praveen3.Nepali Congress Irshad Ansari Sushila Yadav4.LSP-N Dipendra Chaudhary Sadhana Jha5.Janamat Party Mamata JhaSadhana Das6.CPN-USNathuni DasMamata Chaudhary7.CPN-UMLAnil Jha Sashita Kumari Dev8.Rastriya Prajatantra PartyUmesh Prasad SahSarita Jha9.Terai Madhesh Loktantrik PartyBhupendra YadavBimala Devi Chaudhary
Candidate list (Ward Chairperson) Key Description♔ denotes former Ward Chairperson PartySymbolWard Number (1-8)12345678CPN-MCGangaram YadavChandan Kumar YadavMd. Irshad AhmadAkhtar Ali MiyaSanjay Kumar DasPrem Kumar YadavSubhash Chandra YadavJay Narayan MandalPSP-NChandra Shekhar ChaudharyArun Kumar YadavAnil Kumar DasDinesh Kumar SahBandhu Lal DasShiv Kumar SahSantosh Prasad SahDev Narayan GurmaitaNepali CongressAnand Kumar JhaShambhu Lal DevRanjit ChaudharyPrabhat Kumar LalanSamir Kumar JhaRaj Kumar ChaudharyGhanshyam SahKaushal Kumar DasLSP-N Satish Kumar JhaLalit Narayan JhaFurqan Ahmed KhanRamasish Prasad SahLalan MishraSashi Kumar ChaudharyBijay Kumar DevDigambar Lal SahJanamat PartySandip SharmaSujit Kumar Mandal -Roshan AnsariRoshan BajpayeePrakash Kumar ChaudharyManju Devi Sah -CPN-USRajesh Kumar ChaudharyShivnath Das -Dambar Narayan DasRamchandra SahRajesh Kumar ChaudharyAkhilesh Kumar DevSatish Kumar DuttaCPN-UMLKalim MiyaDipendra Kumar YadavMd. MukhtarMukhtar AalamSanjiv DasDipak Kumar DasTribhuvan YadavSunil Kumar PariyarIndependentSudarshan Prasad SinghMangi Lal NaiPartySymbolWard Number (9-16)910111213141516CPN-MCShambhu Prasad YadavGangaram KhangSanjay Kumar YadavGopi Krishna YadavYogendra YadavUpendra SadaSantosh Kumar YadavShailendra Kumar DevPSP-NJawahar YadavSushil Kumar DasUdit Narayan YadavSanjiv Kumar YadavBishnudev YadavShobha Lal MandalRam Prasad YadavRam Akbal YadavNepali CongressPradip Kumar YadavRundi YadavAmarnath YadavHarihar YadavSuryanarayan Prasad YadavSatya Narayan MandalUmesh Prasad YadavNarendra Prasad DevLSP-N Sitaram YadavBishnu Kumar RohitaMahesh Prasad SahAnil Kumar YadavJag Narayan YadavMagain MandalOm Narayan SahBuchai DasJanamat PartyTarakant YadavMahendra YadavSachhidanand YadavPramod Kumar RajakRajendra Prasad YadavHare Krishna MandalRam Babu YadavGajendra Prasad YadavCPN-USChhote Lal Yadav -Rajendra Prasad YadavRamchandra YadavSukdev Yadav -Dalluram MochiMahendra Prasad DevCPN-UMLMd. Jamir AliBhupendra Prasad YadavUpendra Prasad YadavSatya Narayan YadavBhupendra YadavJagadish MandalBalram YadavShivram Das
Voters turnout The Election commission of Nepal has scheduled the polling time from early 7:00 am NST to 17:00 pm NST on 13 May 2022. There are total 27 polling stations and 52 voting booths in Rajbiraj municipal election.
+Ward No.Polling stationsTotal VotersTurnoutTurnout (%)NameVotersNameVotersNameVotersWard No. 1Devkota School, Chanaura2361Primary School, Dumari13893750290077.44%Ward No. 2Primary School, Rajdevi25222522159763.32%Ward No. 3Kesho Anirudhhawati Secondary School1510151094362.45%Ward No. 4Primary School, Centre No. 621522152152170.71%Ward No. 5Public Bindeshwari School, Swarna Tole17901790123068.71%Ward No. 6Primary School, Thangachhi1852Bahira Baalak School18813733261670.07%Ward No. 7District Sports Office1430Primary School, Kharsal18663296213064.67%Ward No. 8Gharelu Office 21712171136863.01%Ward No. 9Ward Office1531Primary School, Gadhiya995Healthpost Bhawan13383864299377.46%Ward No. 10Janak School, Biraul1111Primary School, Dighwa1358Primary School, Maitgadhi3312800219078.60%Ward No. 11Primary School, Jhalahi1402Primary School, Pharseth8722274183380.60%Ward No. 12Ward Office, Bisahariya20872087178978.82%Ward No. 13Mahabir School, Bisahariya1418Primary School, Bhelahi Piparahi9972415182975.23%Ward No. 14Primary School, Parsahi15561556123579.36%Ward No. 15Basic School, Deuri895Janata Basic School, Musaharniya11062001155778.01%Ward No. 16Ward Office, Boriya1311Narendra Memorial School4601771134175.58%Total396922868272.65%The number of total voters of Rajbiraj Municipality is updated on 27 March 2022.
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Results
Mayoral election
Deputy-Mayoral election
Ward results Party Chairman MembersPeople's Socialist Party, Nepal 8 26CPN(Maoist Centre) 3 8Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal 2 7Communist Party of Nepal (UML) 1 1Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist) 1 4Rastriya Prajatantra Party 1 3Nepali Congress 0 14Independent 0 1 Total 16 64
Ward wise electoral details No.Ward No.Ward ChairmanPolitical Party1.Ward No. 1Chandra Shekhar ChaudharyPeople's Socialist Party, Nepal2.Ward No. 2Arun Kumar YadavPeople's Socialist Party, Nepal3.Ward No. 3Anil Kumar Das 'Guddu'People's Socialist Party, Nepal4.Ward No. 4Dinesh Kumar Sah (Kasera)People's Socialist Party, Nepal5.Ward No. 5Bandhu DasPeople's Socialist Party, Nepal6.Ward No. 6Sashi Kumar ChaudharyLSP-N7.Ward No. 7Shubhash Chandra YadavCPN(MC)8.Ward No. 8Jay Narayan MandalCPN(MC)9.Ward No. 9Jawahar YadavPeople's Socialist Party, Nepal10.Ward No. 10Gangaram KhangCPN(MC)11.Ward No. 11Udit Narayan YadavPeople's Socialist Party, Nepal12.Ward No. 12Ramchandra YadavCommunist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist)13.Ward No. 13Trilokinath ChaudharyRastriya Prajatantra Party14.Ward No. 14Jagadish MandalCommunist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)15.Ward No. 15Om Narayan SahLSP-N16.Ward No. 16Ram Akwal YadavPeople's Socialist Party, Nepal
Summary of results by ward
Position12345678910111213141516Ward ChairmanWard Member 1Ward Member 2Female MemberFemale Dalit MemberSource: Election Commission
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 elected five female members and three members from the Dalit or minority community to the municipal executive using single non-transferable vote.
Municipal Assembly composition PartyMembersPeople's Socialist Party, Nepal36Nepali Congress14CPN (Maoist Centre)11Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal9CPN (Unified Socialist)5Rastriya Prajatantra Party4CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)2Independent1Total82
Results CategoryCandidatePartyVotesFemale MemberRekha Devi MandalPeople's Socialist Party, NepalUnopposedGhurani Devi Rajak SafiUnopposedManju Kumari Khadka RajakUnopposedLalita Devi KarnNepali CongressUnopposedSoni Kumari RajakUnopposedDalit/Minority MemberMd. Iliyas MiyaPeople's Socialist Party, NepalManoj Kumar SahMd. BasirKedar DevCPN (Maoist Centre)Dhirendra Verma CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
Municipal Executive composition PartyMembers+/– People's Socialist Party, Nepal 16 NewCPN (Maoist Centre)3 1Nepali Congress2 1Loktantrik Samajwadi Party2NewCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)1 1CPN (Unified Socialist)1NewRastriya Prajatantra Party1 1Total260
See also 2022 Nepalese local elections 2022 Lalitpur municipal election 2017 Kathmandu municipal election 2022 Janakpur municipal election 2022 Bharatpur municipal election
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