2022 Pokhara municipal election
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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]
Background
Pokhara was established in 1962 as a municipality. The metropolitan city was created in 2017 by incorporating neighboring village development committees and Lekhnath muncipality 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
| Post | Parties | Symbol | Name | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayor | CPN (Unified Socialist) | 
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Dhanraj Acharya | |
| Rastriya Prajatantra Party | _election_symbol.svg)
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Shankar Kharal | ||
| CPN (UML) | _election_symbol_1.png)
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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
| 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
| 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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unified Socialist | Dhan Raj Acharya | 58,893 | 48.1% | New | |
| CPN (UML) | Krishna Bahadur Thapa | 52,848 | 43.2% | ||
| RPP | Shankar Kharal | 5,674 | 4.6% | ||
| Independent | Khadak Raj Paudel | 3,030 | 2.5% | New | |
| Others | 1,884 | 1.5% | |||
| Total votes | 122,329 | 100.0% | |||
| Unified Socialist gain from CPN (UML) | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPN (UML) | Manju Devi Gurung | 60,546 | 49.0% | ||
| Congress | Kopila Ranabhat | 56,663 | 45.9% | ||
| RPP | Ranjana Kumari Sen | 5,597 | 4.6% | ||
| Others | 530 | 0.4% | |||
| Total votes | 123,438 | 100.0% | |||
| CPN (UML) hold | |||||
Ward results
| Party | Chairman | Members | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nepali Congress | 24 | 55 | |
| CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | 9 | 76 | |
| Independent | 0 | 1 | |
| Total | 33 | 132 | |
Summary of results by ward
| Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 |
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| Source: Election Commission | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
See also
- 2022 Nepalese local elections
- 2022 Lalitpur municipal election
- 2022 Kathmandu municipal election
- 2022 Janakpur municipal election
- 2022 Bharatpur municipal election
References
- ^ "Local election on May 13". February 7, 2022. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
- ^ "Article 215(6)". Constitution of Nepal. September 20, 2015.
{{cite web}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help); Missing or empty|url=(help) - ^ "Government announces local level elections for May 13". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
- ^ "Article 216(4)". Constitution of Nepal. September 20, 2015.
{{cite web}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help); Missing or empty|url=(help) - ^ यसरी चुनिँदै छन् स्थानीय प्रतिनिधि, कार्यपालिकाभन्दा व्यवस्थापिका ठूलो. Setopati. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ^ "Pokhara Lekhnath becomes largest metropolitan city". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
- ^ "Article 223(2)". Constitution of Nepal. September 20, 2015.
{{cite web}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help); Missing or empty|url=(help) - ^ "UML wins mayor, deputy mayor in Pokhara Lekhnath metropolis". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
- ^ Setopati, Manoj Satyal. "Dhan Raj Acharya of Unified Socialist slightly ahead of UML's Krishna Thapa in Pokhara". Setopati. Retrieved 2022-05-09.
- ^ "पोखरा महानगरपालिका". Twitter. Retrieved 2022-05-13.