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Municipal election for Kathmandu 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
Kathmandu was established as a municipality in 1919.[5] After the formulation of the 1951 Municipality Act, the first municipal elections were held in Nepal and Janakman Shrestha became the first elected mayor of Kathmandu. The municipality was declared as a metropolitan city in 1995 by then mayor Prem Lal Singh. Keshav Sthapit was the first elected mayor of Kathmandu after it had been declared as a metropolitan city.[6] 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.[7]
In the previous election, Bidhya Sundar Shakya from CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) was elected mayor.[8]
Candidates
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
The incumbent mayor Bidhya Sundar Shakya, announced in February 2022 that he would want to run for re-election if the party wanted him to.[9] But on April 24 the party announced that it would field former mayor Keshav Sthapit as its candidate.[10] Sthapit was first elected mayor in 1997 and was appointed mayor again in 2005 by then King Gyanendra. He was later also appointed as the commissioner of Kathmandu Valley Development Authority by Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai, but was removed after only nine months.[11] Sthapit was a member of the provincial assembly of Bagmati Province and previously served in the cabinet of Chief Minister Dormani Paudel but resigned to file his candidacy.[12]
Sunita Dangol, a Newa heritage activist and former Miss Newa who had previously announced her intention to run as mayor as an independent was announced as the deputy mayor candidate from the party.[10]
Nepali Congress
The Nepali Congress, CPN (Maoist Centre), CPN (Unified Socialist), People's Socialist Party, Nepal and Rastriya Janamorcha announced that they would jointly contest the local elections in some local units in the country.
Sirjana Singh of Nepali Congress was announced as the candidate of the alliance on April 25.[13] She is the wife of former deputy Prime Minister and MP Prakash Man Singh. She is also a former chairperson of Nepal Woman Association.
Rameshwar Shrestha from the CPN (Unified Socialist) was announced as the candidate of deputy mayor from the alliance.[14]
Balendra Shah
Rapper and structural engineer Balendra Shah announced his candidacy as an independent on 17 December 2021.[15]
Other parties and candidates
| Party | Mayor candidate | Notes | Deputy Mayor candidate | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Madan Das Shrestha | Actor[16] | Binita Magaiya[16] | ||
| Bibeksheel Sajha Party | Samikshya Baskota | Advocate and CEO of Baskota Group.[17] | Kirti Tuladhar | Former Chairperson of JCI Nepal[17] | |
| Independent | Suman Sayami | Social Activist | Bidya Shrestha Maharjan | Social Activist & Teacher | |
Opinion polls
| Date | Pollster | Sample size | Shah | Sthapit | Singh | Shrestha | Sayami | Baskota | Undecided | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ind | UML | Congress | RPP | Ind | BSP | |||||
| 10 May 2022 | Setopati[18] | 530 | 26.2% | 24% | 19.2% | 7.4% | 4.9% | 3.8% | 14.5% | 2.2% |
Exit polls
| Date | Pollster | Sample size (Revealed) | Shah | Singh | Sthapit | Sayami | Shrestha | Baskota | Unrevealed | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ind | Congress | UML | Ind | RPP | BSP | |||||
| 13 May 2022 | Setopati[19] | 1350 (66%) | 42% | 25% | 26% | 4% | 2.14% | 0.518% | 33% | 16% |
Results
Mayoral election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Balendra Shah | 61,767 | 38.6% | New | |
| Nepali Congress | Sirjana Singh | 38,341 | 24.0% | +1.1% | |
| CPN (UML) | Keshav Sthapit | 38,117 | 23.8% | -9.1% | |
| Independent | Suman Sayami | 13,770 | 8.6% | New | |
| RPP | Madan Das Shrestha | 5,770 | 3.6% | New | |
| Others | 2,141 | 1.3% | |||
| Total votes | 159,906 | 100.0% | |||
| Rejected ballots | 31,280 | 16.36% | |||
| Turnout | 191,186 | 63.68% | -9.04% | ||
| Registered electors | 300,242 | [20] | +10.7% | ||
| Independent gain from CPN (UML) | Swing | +23.9% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPN (UML) | Sunita Dangol | 68,612 | 53.2% | New | |
| Unified Socialist | Rameshwar Shrestha | 23,806 | 18.5% | New | |
| Independent | Bidhya Shrestha (Maharjan) | 13,695 | 10.6% | New | |
| RPP | Binita Magaiya | 12,141 | 9.4% | -8.3% | |
| Independent | Benji Singh Maharjan | 6,555 | 5.1% | New | |
| Bibeksheel Sajha | Kirti Kansakar | 2,590 | 2.0% | New | |
| Others | 1,576 | 1.2% | |||
| Total votes | 128,975 | 100.0% | |||
| Rejected ballots | 62,211 | 32.54% | |||
| Turnout | 191,186 | 63.68% | -9.04% | ||
| Registered electors | 300,242 | [20] | +10.7% | ||
| CPN (UML) gain from Nepali Congress | Swing | +41.6% | |||
Ward results
| Party | Chairperson | Members | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nepali Congress | 19 | 74 | |
| CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) | 12 | 48 | |
| CPN (Unified Socialist) | 1 | 4 | |
| Total | 32 | 126 | |
Summary of results by ward
| Ward # | Ward Chairman | Party | Ward | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | Open 2 | Female | Female Dalit | ||||||||
| 1 | Bharat Lal Shrestha | UML | NC | NC | UML | NC | |||||
| 2 | Rajendra Kumar Shrestha | UML | UML | UML | UML | UML | |||||
| 3 | Prem Thapa | UML | UML | UML | UML | UML | |||||
| 4 | Dinesh Maharjan | UML | UML | UML | UML | UML | |||||
| 5 | Birendra Prajapati | UML | NC | UML | NC | UML | |||||
| 6 | Bhuwan Lama | NC | NC | NC | NC | NC | |||||
| 7 | Bimal Kumar Hoda | NC | NC | NC | NC | NC | |||||
| 8 | Asaman Sangat | NC | NC | NC | NC | NC | |||||
| 9 | Ramji Bhandari | NC | UML | UML | UML | UML | |||||
| 10 | Ram Kumar KC | NC | NC | NC | NC | NC | |||||
| 11 | Hira Lal Tandukar | NC | NC | NC | NC | NC | |||||
| 12 | Bal Krishna Maharjan | NC | NC | NC | NC | NC | |||||
| 13 | Dhurba Narayan Manandhar | UML | UML | UML | UML | UML | |||||
| 14 | Suman Shrestha | NC | NC | UML | UML | NC | |||||
| 15 | Ishwor Man Dangol | US | US | US | US | US | |||||
| 16 | Mukunda Rijal | NC | UML | UML | UML | UML | |||||
| 17 | Nabin Manandhar | NC | NC | NC | NC | NC | |||||
| 18 | Nhuchhe Kaji Maharjan | UML | UML | UML | UML | UML | |||||
| 19 | Rajesh Kumar Shrestha | NC | NC | NC | NC | NC | |||||
| 20 | Rajendra Manandhar | NC | NC | NC | NC | NC | |||||
| 21 | Udaya Chudamani Bajracharya | UML | UML | UML | UML | UML | |||||
| 22 | Chini Kaji Maharjan | UML | NC | NC | NC | UML | |||||
| 23 | Macha Raja Maharjan | UML | NC | NC | UML | NC | |||||
| 24 | Binod Kumar Rajbhandari | NC | UML | NC | NC | Vacant | |||||
| 25 | Rajesh Dangol | NC | NC | NC | NC | Vacant | |||||
| 26 | Khyam Raj Tiwari | NC | NC | NC | NC | NC | |||||
| 27 | Yogesh Kumar Khadgi | NC | NC | NC | NC | UML | |||||
| 28 | Bhai Ram Khadki Prakash | NC | NC | NC | NC | NC | |||||
| 29 | Kush Dhakal | NC | NC | NC | NC | NC | |||||
| 30 | Dal Bahadur Karki | NC | NC | NC | NC | NC | |||||
| 31 | Saroj Dhakal | UML | NC | UML | UML | UML | |||||
| 32 | Navraj Parajuli | UML | UML | UML | UML | UML | |||||
Note: 4 candidates (1 from Nepali Congress and 3 from CPN-UML) for Ward Members were elected unopposed under Dalit woman reserved seats. 2 Ward Member seats reserved for Dalit women were left unfilled due to lack of candidates
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.[21]
Municipal Assembly composition
| Party | Members | |
|---|---|---|
| Nepali Congress | 93 | |
| CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | 61 | |
| CPN (Unified Socialist) | 5 | |
| Independent | 1 | |
| Vacant | 2 | |
| Total | 162 | |
Results
| Category | Candidate[22][23] | Party | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female Member | Mina Sunar | Nepali Congress | 99 | |
| Mina Singh | 99 | |||
| Kanchana Nepali Harijan | 97 | |||
| Lalita Khadgi | 97 | |||
| Maiya Laxmi Maharjan | CPN (Unified Socialist) | 99 | ||
| Sharmila Pariyar | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | 61 | ||
| Sharada Subedi | 61 | |||
| Shobha Karki | 61 | |||
| Hira Devi Pokharel | 60 | |||
| Herashobha Dangol | 59 | |||
| Dalit/Minority Member | Binod Achhami | Nepali Congress | 98 | |
| Mahesh Nepali | 97 | |||
| Anita Karki Dholi | CPN (Maoist Centre) | 95 | ||
| Keshav Bhujel | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | 61 | ||
| Chandrakala Sundas | 61 | |||
| Prem Pode Parajuli | 62 | |||
Municipal Executive composition
| Party | Members | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nepali Congress | 25 |  10 | |
| CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | 13 | 14 | |
| CPN (Unified Socialist) | 2 | New | |
| CPN (Maoist Centre) | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 42 | 0 | |
See also
References
- ↑ Article 215(6) of the Constitution of Nepal (September 20, 2015)
- ↑ "Government announces local level elections for May 13". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
- ↑ Article 216(4) of the Constitution of Nepal (September 20, 2015)
- ↑ यसरी चुनिँदै छन् स्थानीय प्रतिनिधि, कार्यपालिकाभन्दा व्यवस्थापिका ठूलो. Setopati. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ↑ "PROFILE OF KATHMANDU METROPOLTIAN CITY". www.catmando.com. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
- ↑ "Kathmandu city". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
- ↑ Article 223(2) of the Constitution of Nepal (September 20, 2015)
- ↑ "CPN-UML's Bidya Sundar Shakya elected Kathmandu Metro City mayor". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
- ↑ Republica. "I will run for mayorship again if the party wants me to: KMC Mayor Shakya". My Republica. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
- 1 2 "UML to field Keshav Sthapit for KMC Mayorship". My Republica. 24 April 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
- ↑ "नेपाल कानून पत्रिका". nkp.gov.np. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
- ↑ Republica. "Keshav Sthapit sacked from Cabinet of Province 3". My Republica. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
- ↑ "NC fields Srijana Singh as mayor of Kathmandu metropolis". Khabarhub. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
- ↑ Republica. "CPN (Unified Socialist) picks Dhanraj Acharya as mayoral candidate for Pokhara metropolis". My Republica. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
- ↑ Republica. "Rapper Balen Shah announces to contest for Mayor of Kathmandu". My Republica. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
- 1 2 "What's enticing some central and provincial leaders into local politics". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
- 1 2 विवेकशील साझाले काठमाडौंको मेयरमा बास्कोटा र उपमेयरमा तुलाधरलाई उठाउने. ekantipur.com (in Nepali). Retrieved 23 April 2022.
- ↑ Setopati, सेतोपाटी टिम. "काठमाडौंको भित्री नेवार बस्तीमा केशव स्थापित, सिर्जना सिंह र बालेन्द्र साहमध्ये को बलियो?". Setopati. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- ↑ Setopati, सेतोपाटी टिम. "सेतोपाटी प्रक्षेपण: बालेन शाह चुनिने छन् काठमाडौंका मेयर". Setopati. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
- 1 2 "प्रेस विज्ञप्ति" (PDF). Election Commission, Nepal (in Nepali). Retrieved 26 May 2022.
- ↑ Article 216 of the Constitution of Nepal (September 20, 2015)
- ↑ "प्रमुख शाहबाट कार्यपालिका सदस्यहरुलाई पद तथा गोपनीयताको शपथ". Metro News (in Nepali). 8 June 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
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