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| country =
| country =
| party_colour = yes
| party_colour = yes
| previous_election = 2017 Pokhara municipal election
| previous_election = [[2017 Pokhara municipal election]]
| previous_year = 2017
| previous_year = [[2017 Pokhara municipal election|2017]]
| next_election = 2027 Pokhara municipal elections
| next_election = 2027 Pokhara municipal elections
| next_year = 2027
| next_year = 2027
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| majority_seats = 84
| majority_seats = 84
| election_date = 13 May 2022<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.setopati.com/political/157891|title=Local election on May 13|date=February 7, 2022|access-date=February 10, 2022}}</ref>
| election_date = 13 May 2022<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.setopati.com/political/157891|title=Local election on May 13|date=February 7, 2022|access-date=February 10, 2022}}</ref>
| image_size = 120px
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<!-- CPN-US -->
<!-- CPN-US -->
| image1 = Nepalese Election Symbol Pen.svg
| image1 = Nepalese Election Symbol Pen.svg
| leader1 = Dhanraj Acharya
| leader1 = '''[[Dhana Raj Acharya]]'''
| party1 = Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist)
| party1 = Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist)
| seats_before1 = 0
| seats_before1 = 0
| seats1 = 1
| seats1 = 1
| seat_change1 =
| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 1
| popular_vote1 = '''58,893'''
| popular_vote1 = '''58,893'''
| percentage1 = '''48.1%'''
| percentage1 = '''48.1%'''
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| leader2 = Krishna Bahadur Thapa
| leader2 = Krishna Bahadur Thapa
| party2 = Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)
| party2 = Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)
| seats_before2 =
| seats_before2 = 119
| seats2 = '''85'''
| seats2 = '''86'''
| seat_change2 =
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 33
| popular_vote2 = 52,848
| popular_vote2 = 52,848
| percentage2 = 43.2%
| percentage2 = 43.2%


<!-- Congress -->
<!-- Congress -->
| image3 = Nepalese Election Symbol Tree.svg
| image4 = Nepalese Election Symbol Tree.svg
| leader3 = Shankar Kharal
| leader4 = Shankar Kharal
| party3 = Nepali Congress
| party4 = Nepali Congress
| seats3 = 79
| seats_before4 = 48
| seat_change3 =
| seats4 = 79
| seat_change4 = {{increase}} 31
| popular_vote3 =
| percentage3 =
| popular_vote4 =
| percentage4 =


<!-- Independent -->
| title = Mayor
| image5 =
| before_election = Man Bahadur GC
| leader5 =
| party5 = Independent politician
| seats_before5 = 0
| seats5 = 1
| seat_change5 = {{increase}} 1
| popular_vote5 =
| percentage5 =

| title = [[Mayor of Pokhara|Mayor]]
| before_election = [[Man Bahadur GC]]
| before_party = Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)
| before_party = Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)
| after_election = Dhanraj Acharya
| after_election = [[Dhana Raj Acharya]]
| after_party = Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist)
| after_party = Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist)
| map_image =
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}}
[[2022 Nepalese local elections|Municipal election]] for [[Pokhara]] took place on 13 May 2022, with all 167 positions up for election across 33 wards.<ref name=":0">{{cite constitution|article=215(6)|section=|country=Nepal|language=Nepali|ratified=September 20, 2015|url=|access-date=April 15, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Government announces local level elections for May 13 |url=https://kathmandupost.com/national/2022/02/07/government-announces-local-level-elections-for-may-13 |access-date=2022-05-23 |website=kathmandupost.com |language=English}}</ref> The electorate elected a mayor, a deputy mayor, 33 ward chairs and 132 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 [[Local government in Nepal#Local level|municipal executive]].<ref>{{cite constitution|article=216(4)|section=|country=Nepal|language=Nepali|ratified=September 20, 2015|url=|access-date=May 22, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |script-title=hi:यसरी चुनिँदै छन् स्थानीय प्रतिनिधि, कार्यपालिकाभन्दा व्यवस्थापिका ठूलो |url=http://setopati.com/chapa-bata/65858/ |access-date=2 June 2017 |website=Setopati}}</ref>
[[2022 Nepalese local elections|Municipal election]] for [[Pokhara]] took place on 13 May 2022, with all 167 positions up for election across 33 wards.<ref name=":0">{{cite constitution|article=215(6)|section=|country=Nepal|language=Nepali|ratified=September 20, 2015|url=<!--|access-date=April 15, 2017-->}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Government announces local level elections for May 13 |url=https://kathmandupost.com/national/2022/02/07/government-announces-local-level-elections-for-may-13 |access-date=2022-05-23 |website=kathmandupost.com |language=English}}</ref> The electorate elected a [[Mayor of Pokhara|mayor]], a deputy mayor, 33 ward chairs and 132 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 [[Local government in Nepal#Local level|municipal executive]].<ref>{{cite constitution|article=216(4)|section=|country=Nepal|language=Nepali|ratified=September 20, 2015|url=<!--|access-date=May 22, 2022-->}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |script-title=hi:यसरी चुनिँदै छन् स्थानीय प्रतिनिधि, कार्यपालिकाभन्दा व्यवस्थापिका ठूलो |url=http://setopati.com/chapa-bata/65858/ |access-date=2 June 2017 |website=Setopati}}</ref>

[[Dhanraj Acharya]] of [[Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist)|CPN (Unified Socialist)]] was elected mayor of [[Pokhara|Pokhara Metropolitan city]].


== Background ==
== Background ==


Pokhara was established in 1962 as a municipality. The metropolitan city was created in 2017 by incorporating neighboring [[Village development committee (Nepal)|village development committees]] and [[Lekhnath|Lekhnath muncipality]] into Pokhara sub-metropolitan city.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pokhara Lekhnath becomes largest metropolitan city |url=https://kathmandupost.com/national/2017/03/13/pokhara-lekhnath-becomes-largest-metropolitan-city |access-date=2022-05-23 |website=kathmandupost.com |language=English}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite constitution|article=223(2)|section=|country=Nepal|language=Nepali|ratified=September 20, 2015|url=|access-date=May 22, 2022}}</ref>
Pokhara was established in 1962 as a municipality. The metropolitan city was created in 2017 by incorporating neighboring [[Village development committee (Nepal)|village development committees]] and [[Lekhnath|Lekhnath municipality]] into Pokhara sub-metropolitan city.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pokhara Lekhnath becomes largest metropolitan city |url=https://kathmandupost.com/national/2017/03/13/pokhara-lekhnath-becomes-largest-metropolitan-city |access-date=2022-05-23 |website=kathmandupost.com |language=English}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite constitution|article=223(2)|section=|country=Nepal|language=Nepali|ratified=September 20, 2015|url=<!--|access-date=May 22, 2022-->}}</ref>


In the [[2017 Nepalese local elections|previous election]], Man Bahadur GC from [[CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)]] was elected as the first mayor of the metropolitan city.<ref>{{Cite web |title=UML wins mayor, deputy mayor in Pokhara Lekhnath metropolis |url=https://kathmandupost.com/national/2017/05/26/uml-wins-mayor-deputy-mayor-in-pokhara-lekhnath-metropolis |access-date=2022-05-23 |website=kathmandupost.com |language=English}}</ref>
In the [[2017 Nepalese local elections|previous election]], Man Bahadur GC from [[CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)]] was elected as the first mayor of the metropolitan city.<ref>{{cite web |title=UML wins mayor, deputy mayor in Pokhara Lekhnath metropolis |url=https://kathmandupost.com/national/2017/05/26/uml-wins-mayor-deputy-mayor-in-pokhara-lekhnath-metropolis |access-date=2022-05-23 |website=kathmandupost.com |language=English}}</ref>


== Mayor and deputy mayor candidates ==
== Mayor and deputy mayor candidates ==
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|-
| rowspan="2" |9 May 2022
| rowspan="2" |9 May 2022
| rowspan="2" |Setopati<ref>{{Cite web |last=Setopati |first=Manoj Satyal |title=Dhan Raj Acharya of Unified Socialist slightly ahead of UML's Krishna Thapa in Pokhara |url=https://en.setopati.com/political/158463/ |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=Setopati}}</ref>
| rowspan="2" |Setopati<ref>{{cite web |last=Setopati |first=Manoj Satyal |title=Dhan Raj Acharya of Unified Socialist slightly ahead of UML's Krishna Thapa in Pokhara |url=https://en.setopati.com/political/158463/ |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=Setopati}}</ref>
| rowspan="2" |150
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|56
|56
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|-
|13 May 2022
|13 May 2022
|Facts Nepal<ref>{{Cite web |title=पोखरा महानगरपालिका |url=https://twitter.com/FACTSNepal/status/1525175303529607168/photo/1 |access-date=2022-05-13 |website=Twitter |language=en}}</ref>
|Facts Nepal<ref>{{cite web |title=पोखरा महानगरपालिका |url=https://twitter.com/FACTSNepal/status/1525175303529607168/photo/1 |access-date=2022-05-13 |website=Twitter |language=en}}</ref>
| style="background:salmon;color:#FFFFFF;" |'''41.7%'''
| style="background:salmon;color:#FFFFFF;" |'''41.7%'''
|37.8%
|37.8%
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{{Election box begin|title=Mayoral elections result}}
{{Election box begin|title=Mayoral elections result}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist)|candidate=Dhan Raj Acharya|votes=58,893|percentage=48.1%|change=''New''}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist)|candidate=Dhan Raj Acharya|votes=58,893|percentage=48.1%|change=''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)|candidate=Krishna Bahadur Thapa|votes=52,848|percentage=43.2%|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)|candidate=Krishna Bahadur Thapa|votes=52,848|percentage=43.2%|change=-9.9%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Rastriya Prajatantra Party|candidate=Shankar Kharal|votes=5,674|percentage=4.6%|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Rastriya Prajatantra Party|candidate=Shankar Kharal|votes=5,674|percentage=4.6%|change=+2.6%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Khadak Raj Paudel|votes=3,030|percentage=2.5%|change=''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Khadak Raj Paudel|votes=3,030|percentage=2.5%|change=''New''}}
{{Election box candidate|party=Others|candidate=|votes=1,884|percentage=1.5%|change=}}
{{Election box candidate|party=Others|candidate=|votes=1,884|percentage=1.5%|change=}}
{{Election box total||votes=122,329|percentage=100.0%}}
{{Election box total valid||votes=122,329|percentage=100.0%}}
{{Election box rejected|
|votes=20897
|percentage=
|change=}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=143,226 |percentage= |change=}}
{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=207,712|ref=<ref name="voter">{{cite web |title=प्रेस विज्ञप्ति |url=https://election.gov.np/admin/public//storage/Local%20Election/Press%20Release/Press%20Release.pdf |website=Election Commission, Nepal|language=ne |access-date=26 May 2022}}</ref>|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link|winner=Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist)|loser=Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)|swing=}}
{{Election box gain with party link|winner=Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist)|loser=Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box end}}


{{Election box begin|title=Deputy mayoral elections result}}
{{Election box begin|title=Deputy mayoral elections result}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)|candidate=Manju Devi Gurung|votes=60,546|percentage=49.0%|change=}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)|candidate=Manju Devi Gurung|votes=60,546|percentage=49.0%|change=+0.7%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Nepali Congress|candidate=Kopila Ranabhat|votes=56,663|percentage=45.9%|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Nepali Congress|candidate=Kopila Ranabhat|votes=56,663|percentage=45.9%|change=+8.0%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Rastriya Prajatantra Party|candidate=Ranjana Kumari Sen|votes=5,597|percentage=4.6%|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Rastriya Prajatantra Party|candidate=Ranjana Kumari Sen|votes=5,597|percentage=4.6%|change=+2.2%}}
{{Election box candidate|party=Others|candidate=|votes=530|percentage=0.4%|change=}}
{{Election box candidate|party=Others|candidate=|votes=530|percentage=0.4%|change=}}
{{Election box total||votes=123,438|percentage=100.0%}}
{{Election box total valid||votes=123,438|percentage=100.0%}}
{{Election box rejected|
|votes=19788
|percentage=
|change=}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=143,226 |percentage= |change=}}
{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=207,712|ref= <ref name="voter"/>|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|winner=Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|winner=Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box end}}
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| style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}};" |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}};" |
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Nepali Congress]]
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Nepali Congress]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 24
| style="text-align:center;" | 23
| style="text-align:center;" | 55
| style="text-align:center;" | 56
|-
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}};" |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}};" |
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| style="background-color:{{party color|Independent}};" |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Independent}};" |
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Independent politician|Independent]]
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Independent politician|Independent]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
|-
|-
! colspan="2" style="text-align:right;" | Total
! colspan="2" style="text-align:right;" | Total
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! 132
! 132
|}
|}

=== Summary of results by ward ===
=== Summary of results by ward ===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
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|1
|1
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}};" |<br />
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}};" |<br />
|Shahara Pradha
|Shahara Pradhan
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}};" |<br />
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}};" |<br />
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}};" |<br />
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}};" |<br />
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|-
|-
|16
|16
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}};" |<br />
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}};" |<br />
|Amrit Sharma Timilsina
|Amrit Sharma Timilsina
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}};" |<br />
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}};" |<br />
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}};" |<br />
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}};" |<br />
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}};" |<br />
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}};" |<br />
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|-
|-
|18
|18
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}};" |<br />
|Shiva Prasad Timilsina
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}};" |<br />
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}};" |<br />
|Shiva Prasad Timilsina
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}};" |<br />
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}};" |<br />
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}};" |<br />
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}};" |<br />
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}};" |<br />
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|-
|-
|19
|19
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}};" |<br />
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}};" |<br />
|Pushpendra Pandey
|Pushpendra Pandey
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}};" |<br />
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}};" |<br />
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|20
|20
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}};" |<br />
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}};" |<br />
|Ganga Bahadur Khatri
|[[Ganga Bahadur Khatri]]
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}};" |<br />
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}};" |<br />
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}};" |<br />
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}};" |<br />
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| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}};" |<br />
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}};" |<br />
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}};" |<br />
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}};" |<br />
|}

== 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 [[Local government in Nepal#Local level|municipal executive]] using [[single non-transferable vote]].<ref name=":2">{{cite constitution|article=216|section=|country=Nepal|language=Nepali|ratified=September 20, 2015|url=<!--|access-date=May 22, 2022-->}}</ref>

=== Municipal Assembly composition ===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Party
!Members
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}};" |<br />
|[[CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)]]
|86
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}};" |<br />
|[[Nepali Congress]]
|79
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist)}};" |<br />
|[[CPN (Unified Socialist)]]
|1
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Independent}};" |<br />
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|1
|-
! colspan="2" |Total
!167
|}

=== Results ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Category
!Candidate<ref>{{cite web |title=पोखरा महानगरको कार्यपालिका सदस्यमा एमालेको प्यानल निर्वाचित |url=https://pahilopost.com/content/20220601175719.html |access-date=2022-06-11 |website=Pahilo Post |language=ne}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |Party
!Votes
|-
| rowspan="10" |Female Member
|'''Dhankumari Pokharel'''
| rowspan="5" style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}};" |<br />
| rowspan="5" |[[CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)]]
|86
|-
|'''Nirmala Paudel'''
|86
|-
|'''Bhimkumari Pun Garbuja'''
|86
|-
|'''Mandira Pariyar'''
|86
|-
|'''Harimaya Bishwakarma'''
|86
|-
|Daldadevi Bhujel
| rowspan="5" style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}};" |<br />
| rowspan="5" |[[Nepali Congress]]
|81
|-
|Durgadevi Thapa
|81
|-
|Pabitra Thapa
|81
|-
|Ransuwa Gurung
|80
|-
|Bhawana Shrestha
|79
|-
| rowspan="6" |Dalit/Minority Member
|'''Nirmal Diyali'''
| rowspan="3" style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}};" |<br />
| rowspan="3" |[[CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)]]
|87
|-
|'''Govinda Tulachan'''
|86
|-
|'''Dipak Ghimire'''
|86
|-
|Lal Bahadur B.K.
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist)}};" |<br />
|[[CPN (Unified Socialist)]]
|81
|-
|Pan Bahadur Gharti
|style="background-color:{{party color|People's Socialist Party, Nepal}};" |<br />
|[[People's Socialist Party, Nepal (2020)|People's Socialist Party]]
|80
|-
|Bhim Bahadur Sarki
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)}};" |<br />
|[[CPN (Maoist Centre)]]
|78
|}

=== Municipal Executive composition ===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Party
!Members
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}};" |<br />
|[[Nepali Congress]]
|23
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}};" |<br />
|[[CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)]]
|18
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist)}};" |<br />
|[[CPN (Unified Socialist)]]
|1
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Independent}};" |<br />
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|1
|-
! colspan="2" |Total
!43
|}
|}


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== References ==
== References ==
<references />
<references />
{{2022 Nepalese local elections}}


[[Category:2022 elections in Nepal]]
[[Category:2022 Nepalese local elections|Pokhara]]
[[Category:Pokhara]]

Latest revision as of 00:36, 30 August 2024

2022 Pokhara municipal elections
← 2017 13 May 2022[1] 2027 →
167 seats to Pokhara Metropolitan City Council
84 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Dhana Raj Acharya Krishna Bahadur Thapa
Party Unified Socialist CPN (UML)
Seats before 0 119
Seats won 1 86
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 33
Popular vote 58,893 52,848
Percentage 48.1% 43.2%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Shankar Kharal
Party Congress Independent
Seats before 48 0
Seats won 79 1
Seat change Increase 31 Increase 1
Mayor before election

Man Bahadur GC
CPN (UML)

Elected Mayor

Dhana Raj Acharya
Unified Socialist

Municipal election for Pokhara took place on 13 May 2022, with all 167 positions up for election across 33 wards.[2][3] The electorate elected a mayor, a deputy mayor, 33 ward chairs and 132 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.[4][5]

Dhanraj Acharya of CPN (Unified Socialist) was elected mayor of Pokhara Metropolitan city.

Background

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Pokhara was established in 1962 as a municipality. The metropolitan city was created in 2017 by incorporating neighboring village development committees and Lekhnath municipality into Pokhara sub-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, Man Bahadur GC from CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) was elected as the first mayor of the metropolitan city.[8]

Mayor and deputy mayor candidates

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Post Parties Symbol Name
Mayor CPN (Unified Socialist) Dhanraj Acharya
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Shankar Kharal
CPN (UML) Krishna Bahadur Thapa
Deputy mayor Nepali Congress Kopila Ranabhat
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Ranjana Kumari Saini Paudel
CPN (UML) Manju Devi Gurung

Surveys and opinion polls

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Date News agency Sample size Dhan Raj Acharya Undecided Krishna Bahadur Thapa Shankar Kharal Result
9 May 2022 Setopati[9] 150 56 43 38 9 Hung
37% 29% 25% 6%

Exit polls

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Date Pollster Thapa Acharya Paudel Kharel Others Lead
UML US Ind. RPP
13 May 2022 Facts Nepal[10] 41.7% 37.8% 7.7% 4.5% 8.3% 3.9%

Mayoral results

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Mayoral elections result
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unified Socialist Dhan Raj Acharya 58,893 48.1% New
CPN (UML) Krishna Bahadur Thapa 52,848 43.2% −9.9%
RPP Shankar Kharal 5,674 4.6% +2.6%
Independent Khadak Raj Paudel 3,030 2.5% New
Others 1,884 1.5%
Total valid votes 122,329 100.0%
Rejected ballots 20897
Turnout 143,226
Registered electors 207,712 [11]
Unified Socialist gain from CPN (UML) Swing
Deputy mayoral elections result
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPN (UML) Manju Devi Gurung 60,546 49.0% +0.7%
Congress Kopila Ranabhat 56,663 45.9% +8.0%
RPP Ranjana Kumari Sen 5,597 4.6% +2.2%
Others 530 0.4%
Total valid votes 123,438 100.0%
Rejected ballots 19788
Turnout 143,226
Registered electors 207,712 [11]
CPN (UML) hold

Ward results

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Results for ward chair by party
Summary of Partywise Ward chairman and Ward member seats won, 2022
Party Chairman Members
Nepali Congress 23 56
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) 9 76
Independent 1 0
Total 33 132

Summary of results by ward

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Ward No. Ward Chair Ward Members
Open Open 2 Female Female Dalit
1
Shahara Pradhan



2
Diwas Man Pradhananga



3
Prakash Man Udas



4
Dev Krishna Parajuli



5
Bishnu Prasad Baral



6
Bishnu Bahadur Bhattarai



7
Ram Mohan Acharya



8
Rudra Nath Baral



9
Dipendra Marsani



10
Rajesh Gurung



11
Prem Prasad Karmacharya



12
Santosh Bastola



13
Kiran Baral



14
Bodh Bahadur Karki



15
Toran Bahadur Baniya



16
Amrit Sharma Timilsina



17
Radhika Kumari Shahi



18
Shiva Prasad Timilsina



19
Pushpendra Pandey



20
Ganga Bahadur Khatri



21
Dipak Prasad Subedi



22
Him Lal Baral



23
Ram Kaji Gurung



24
Bharat Bahadur Adhikari



25
Moti Lal Timilsina



26
Narendra Thapa



27
Purna Kumar Gurung



28
Shree Krishna Lamichhane



29
Shree Prasad Gurung



30
Durga Prasad Subedi



31
Dhaknath Kadel



32
Akkal Bahadur Karki



33
Ram Chandra Adhikari



Results for municipal executive election

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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 using single non-transferable vote.[12]

Municipal Assembly composition

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Party Members

CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) 86

Nepali Congress 79

CPN (Unified Socialist) 1

Independent 1
Total 167

Results

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Category Candidate[13] Party Votes
Female Member Dhankumari Pokharel
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) 86
Nirmala Paudel 86
Bhimkumari Pun Garbuja 86
Mandira Pariyar 86
Harimaya Bishwakarma 86
Daldadevi Bhujel
Nepali Congress 81
Durgadevi Thapa 81
Pabitra Thapa 81
Ransuwa Gurung 80
Bhawana Shrestha 79
Dalit/Minority Member Nirmal Diyali
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) 87
Govinda Tulachan 86
Dipak Ghimire 86
Lal Bahadur B.K.
CPN (Unified Socialist) 81
Pan Bahadur Gharti
People's Socialist Party 80
Bhim Bahadur Sarki
CPN (Maoist Centre) 78

Municipal Executive composition

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Party Members

Nepali Congress 23

CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) 18

CPN (Unified Socialist) 1

Independent 1
Total 43

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Local election on May 13". February 7, 2022. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  2. ^ Article 215(6) of the Constitution of Nepal (September 20, 2015)
  3. ^ "Government announces local level elections for May 13". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  4. ^ Article 216(4) of the Constitution of Nepal (September 20, 2015)
  5. ^ यसरी चुनिँदै छन् स्थानीय प्रतिनिधि, कार्यपालिकाभन्दा व्यवस्थापिका ठूलो. Setopati. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Pokhara Lekhnath becomes largest metropolitan city". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  7. ^ Article 223(2) of the Constitution of Nepal (September 20, 2015)
  8. ^ "UML wins mayor, deputy mayor in Pokhara Lekhnath metropolis". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  9. ^ Setopati, Manoj Satyal. "Dhan Raj Acharya of Unified Socialist slightly ahead of UML's Krishna Thapa in Pokhara". Setopati. Retrieved 2022-05-09.
  10. ^ "पोखरा महानगरपालिका". Twitter. Retrieved 2022-05-13.
  11. ^ a b "प्रेस विज्ञप्ति" (PDF). Election Commission, Nepal (in Nepali). Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  12. ^ Article 216 of the Constitution of Nepal (September 20, 2015)
  13. ^ "पोखरा महानगरको कार्यपालिका सदस्यमा एमालेको प्यानल निर्वाचित". Pahilo Post (in Nepali). Retrieved 2022-06-11.
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