2022 Tulsipur municipal election

Municipal election for Tulsipur 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]

2022 Tulsipur municipal elections
← 2017 13 May 2022 2027 →

97 seats to Tulsipur Sub Metropolitan City Council
49 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Tika Ram Khadka Gehendra Giri
Party CPN (UML) Congress
Seats before 53 44
Seats won 67 23
Seat change Increase 14 Decrease 21
Popular vote 31,408 27,717
Percentage 50.0% 44.1%

  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Maoist Centre Independent
Seats before 0 0
Seats won 6 1
Seat change Increase 6 Increase 1

Results for ward chair by party

Mayor before election

Ghanshyam Pandey
CPN (UML)

Elected Mayor

Tika Ram Khadka
CPN (UML)

Background

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Tulsipur was established in 1992 as a municipality. The sub-metropolitan city was formed in 2017 by incorporating neighboring village development committees into Tulsipur municipality.[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, Ghanshyam Pandey from CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) was elected as the first mayor of the sub-metropolitan city.[7]

Candidates

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Party Mayor candidate
Nepali Congress Gehendra Giri
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

Results

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Mayoral election

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Mayoral elections result
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPN (UML) Tika Ram Khadka 31,408 50.0% +6.2%
Congress Gehendra Giri 27,717 44.1% +7.8%
Nepal Loktantrik Party Ghanashyam Chaudhary 1,361 2.2% New
RPP Jagdhani Chaudhary 1,221 1.9% +1.0%
Others 1,139 1.8%
Total votes 62,846 100.0%
CPN (UML) hold
Deputy mayoral elections result
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPN (UML) Syani Chaudhary 30,597 53.3% +12.8%
Unified Socialist Jog Bahadur Rana Magar 21,065 36.7% New
RPP Prem Bahadur Shah 2,377 4.1% +3.0%
Independent Khemraj Oli 2,237 3.9% New
Others 1,095 1.9%
Total votes 57,371 100.0%
CPN (UML) hold

Ward results

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Summary of Partywise Ward chairman and Ward member seats won, 2022
Party Chairman Members
CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) 10 55
Nepali Congress 5 18
CPN (Maoist Centre) 3 3
Independent 1 0
Total 19 76

Summary of Results by ward

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Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Chairman
Open Member
Open Member
Female Member
Female Dalit Member
Source: Election Commission

See also

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References

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  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. ^ "तुल्सिपुर उप-महानगरपालिकाको संक्षिप्त परिचय | तुलसीपुर उप-महानगरपालिका, नगर कार्यपालिकाको कार्यालय, दाङ, लुम्बिनी प्रदेश". tulsipurmun.gov.np (in Nepali). Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  6. ^ Article 223(2) of the Constitution of Nepal (September 20, 2015)
  7. ^ Basnet, Devendra. "UML leader Pandey elected mayor of Tulsipur Sub-metropolis". My Republica. Retrieved 2022-05-23.