Municipal election for Ghorahi took place on 13 May 2022, with all 97 positions up for election across 19 wards.[1][2] The electorate elected a mayor, a deputy mayor, 19 ward chairs and 76 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]
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Incumbent Naru Lal Chaudhary from CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) was re-elected as mayor.[5]
Background
editGhorahi was established as a municipality in 1979. The sub-metropolitan city was created in 2017 by merging neighboring Tripur municipality and other village development committees into Ghorahi municipality.[6] The 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, Naru Lal Chaudhary of the CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) was elected as the first mayor of the sub-metropolitan city.[8]
Candidates
edit| Party | Mayor candidate | Deputy Mayor candidate | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nepali Congress | Bhup Bahadur Dangi[9] | ||
| CPN (Maoist Centre) | Hemraj Sharma[9] | ||
| CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Narulal Chaudhary[10] | Mankuamri DC[10] | |
Results
editMayoral election
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPN (UML) | Naru Lal Chaudhary | 31,728 | 48.2% | +7.4% | |
| Maoist Centre | Hemraj Sharma | 26,368 | 40.0% | +17.6% | |
| RPP | Sarita Devkota | 5,324 | 8.1% | +6.0% | |
| Unified Socialist | Ram Prasad Chaudhary | 1,143 | 1.7% | New | |
| Others | 1,275 | 1.9% | |||
| Total votes | 65,838 | 100.0% | |||
| CPN (UML) hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| CPN (UML) | Huma Kumari DC | 30,403 | 45.9% | +7.5% | |
| Congress | Bhup Bahadur Dangi | 30,345 | 45.8% | +13.3% | |
| RPP | Bibhu Budhathoki | 3,521 | 5.3% | +3.9% | |
| Unified Socialist | Shobha Kumari Shahi | 1,158 | 1.7% | New | |
| Others | 768 | 1.2% | |||
| Total votes | 66,195 | 100.0% | |||
| CPN (UML) hold | |||||
Ward results
edit| Party | Chairman | Members | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) | 13 | 52 | |
| Nepali Congress | 5 | 18 | |
| CPN (Maoist Centre) | 1 | 6 | |
| Total | 19 | 76 | |
Results by ward
edit| Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "UML's victory in Ghorahi sub-metropolis". NepalNews. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- ^ "घोराही उप-महानगरपालिकाको आधिकारिक वेभसाइटमा तपाईलाई स्वागत छ । | घोराही उप-महानगरपालिका". 26 September 2017. Archived from the original on 26 September 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Article 223(2) of the Constitution of Nepal (September 20, 2015)
- ^ Basnet, Devendra. "UML wins in Ghorahi Sub-metropolitan City". My Republica. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
- ^ a b "Candidates finalized in Dang". Nepalnews. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
- ^ a b "UML finalized candidates for metropolitan and sub-metropolitan constituencies". Nepalnews. Retrieved 12 May 2022.