2022 Birgunj municipal elections
13 May 2022
162 seats to Birgunj Metropolitan City Council
82 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Rajesh Man Singh Vijay Sarawagi
Party PSP-N CPN (UML)
Seats before 59 20
Seats won 70 40
Seat change Increase 11 Increase 20
Popular vote 46,215 23,671
Percentage 62.8% 32.2%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Nepali Congress Loktantrik Samajwadi
Seats before 63 16
Seats won 47 5
Seat change Decrease 16 Decrease 11
Mayor before election

Bijay Saraogi
CPN (UML)

 Elected Mayor

Rajesh Man Singh
PSP-N

Municipal election for Birgunj took place on 13 May 2022, with all 162 positions up for election across 32 wards.[1][2] The electorate elected a mayor, a deputy mayor, 32 ward chairs and 128 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.[3][4]

Background

Birgunj was established as a municipality in 1953. The metropolitan city was formed in 2017 after incorporating neighboring village development committees into Birgunj sub-metropolitan city.[5] 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.[6]

In the previous election, Vijay Kumar Sarawagi from Federal Socialist Forum was elected as the first mayor of the metropolitan city.[7]

Candidates

Party Mayor candidate Deputy Mayor candidate
People's Socialist Party, Nepal Rajesh Man Singh[8]
Nepali Congress Imtiaz Alam[8]
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Vijay Kumar Sarawagi[9]
Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal Purushottam Lal Jha[9]
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Girish Giri[10] Bina Jaiswal[10]
Nepal Majdoor Kisan Party Gokarna Prasad Koiri
Bahujan Shakti Party Laxmi Hajara
Nepal Sadbhawana Party Bijay Kumar Rauniyar
Janamat Party Dinesh Ram Anita Devi
Independent Rajesh Singh
Independent Kailash Prasad Sarraf
Independent Feroz Alam
Independent Mohammad Hafiz Miya
Independent Bhola Patel
Independent Mohammad Jya-ul-haq Hawari
Independent Mohammad Sagir Ali
Independent Rizwan Ali
Independent Bikki Raj Patel
Independent Mohammad Riyaz-ul-haq
Independent Rajendra Prasad Singh Bhumihar
Independent Sanjeev Kumar Yadav
Independent Radheshyam Sah
Independent Ajay Kumar Kurmi
Independent Sasuddin Miya
Independent Satrudhan Prasad Kurmi
Independent Sunil Kumar Kalwar
Independent Brijmohan Prasad Chaurasiya
Independent Sumit Kumar Singh
Independent Koshila Devi Kanuin
Independent Jamil Ray Bhat
Independent Prabhat Singh
Independent Roz Miya Ansari
Independent Rambha Mishra
Independent Birendra Sah
Independent Dinesh Kumar Kushwaha
Independent Rambabu Mahato Nuniya
Independent Dipak Prasad Patel

Exit polls

Date Pollster Singh Sarawagi Giri Others Lead
PSP-N UML RPP
13 May 2022 Facts Nepal[11] 74.9% 14.7% 0.4% 9.9% 60.2%

Mayoral results

Mayoral elections result
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PSP-N Rajesh Man Singh 46,215 62.8% +46.6%
CPN (UML) Vijay Kumar Sarawagi 23,671 32.2% +6.4%
RPP Girish Giri 3,313 4.5% +4.1%
Others 338 0.5%
Total votes 73,537 100.0%
Rejected ballots 20,245
Turnout 93,782
Registered electors 124,647
PSP-N gain from CPN (UML) Swing +20.1%
Deputy mayoral elections result
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nepali Congress Imtiaz Alam 30,078 60.2% +22.6%
Loktantrik Samajwadi Purushottam Lal Jha 9,568 19.1% New
RPP Bina Jaiswal 5,988 12.0% New
Independent Rambha Mishra 3,909 7.8% -7.0%
Others 452 0.9%
Total votes 49,995 100.0%
Rejected ballots 43,787
Turnout 93,782
Registered electors 124,647
Nepali Congress hold

Ward results

Results for ward chair by party
Summary of Partywise Ward chairman and Ward member seats won, 2022
Party Chairman Members
People's Socialist Party, Nepal 13 56
Nepali Congress 9 37
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) 8 32
Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal 2 3
Total 32 128

Summary of results by ward

Ward No. Ward Chair Ward Members
Open Open 2 Female Female Dalit
1 Manoj Raut Kurmi
2 Mohammad Riyaz Miya Teli
3 Baijulal Swarnakar
4 Jagat Prasad Sah Kanu
5 Pradeep Kumar
6 Jayprakash Shah Agrawal
7 Harikaji Maharjan
8 Ritesh Kumar Gupta
9 Jwahar Prasad Gupta
10 Sushil Kumar Kanu
11 Ajay Kumar Baire
12 Suresh Prasad Gupta
13 Hira Lal Giri
14 Mahboob Ailahi Ansari
15 Ramesh Prasad Yadav
16 Prashuram Kumar Chaursiya
17 Sanjib Bahadur Chhetri
18 Umesh Shankar Tiwari
19 Mukesh Kumar Chaursiya
20 Ramkishore Singh
21 Radha Krishna Sah Rauniyar
22 Dwarika Mahato
23 Abadh Kishore Prasad Kushwaha
24 Bijay Prasad Kurmi
25 Ashutosh Chaturdevi
26 Shambhu Mishra
27 Hridaya Narayan Prasad Kurmi
28 Saryug Mahato Dhanuk
29 Dharmendra Prasad Mahato Tharu
30 Manoj Kumar Yadav
31 Jitendra Prasad Yadav
32 Riyaz Ahmed Miya

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.[12]

Municipal Assembly composition

Party Members

 People's Socialist Party, Nepal 70

 Nepali Congress 47

 CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) 40

 Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal 5
Total 162

Results

Category Candidate[13] Party Votes
Female Member Rabulsan Khatun
People's Socialist Party 114
Devi Rajputin 113
Nitu Kumari Ram
Nepali Congress 111
Kanika Kaushik 109
Radhadevi Karki 109
Manju Devi
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) 46
Sangita Devi 46
Amari Devi Chamar 45
Kanti Devi 45
Patiya Devi
Loktantrik Samajwadi Party 43
Dalit/Minority Member Niranjan Prasad Sonar
People's Socialist Party 110
Khairuddin Miya Dhobi 108
Kanhaiya Prasad
Nepali Congress 107
Om Prakash Sah
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) 48
Raj Kishore Gupta 47
Ajay Kumar Gupta 47

Municipal Executive composition

Party Members

 People's Socialist Party, Nepal 18

 Nepali Congress 14

 CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) 8

 Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal 2
Total 42

See also

References

  1. ↑ Article 215(6) of the Constitution of Nepal (September 20, 2015)
  2. ↑ "Government announces local level elections for May 13". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  3. ↑ Article 216(4) of the Constitution of Nepal (September 20, 2015)
  4. ↑ यसरी चुनिँदै छन् स्थानीय प्रतिनिधि, कार्यपालिकाभन्दा व्यवस्थापिका ठूलो. Setopati. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "Biratnagar, Birgunj promoted to Metropolitan Cities". thehimalayantimes.com. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  6. ↑ Article 223(2) of the Constitution of Nepal (September 20, 2015)
  7. ↑ "SSFN\'s Sarawagi wins Birgunj\'s mayoral post". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  8. 1 2 "वीरगन्जमा गठबन्धनका तर्फबाट मेयरमा जसपाका सिंह र उपमेयरमा कांग्रेसका आलमले दिए उम्मेदवारी". ekantipur.com (in Nepali). Retrieved 2022-04-25.
  9. 1 2 Setopati, सेतोपाटी संवाददाता. "यी हुन् ६ महानगर र ११ उपमहानगरमा सत्ता गठबन्धन र एमालेका मेयर/उपमेयर उम्मेदवार". Setopati (in Hindi). Retrieved 2022-04-25.
  10. 1 2 "यी हुन् राप्रपाले टुंग्याएका उम्मेदवारहरु". ekantipur.com (in Nepali). Retrieved 2022-04-25.
  11. ↑ "वीरगंज महानगरपालिका". Twitter. Retrieved 2022-05-13.
  12. ↑ Article 216 of the Constitution of Nepal (September 20, 2015)
  13. ↑ "वीरगन्ज महानगरको कार्यपालिकामा पनि गठबन्धनकै जित". Annapurna Post (in Nepali). Retrieved 2022-06-11.
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