2022 Butwal municipal election

2022 Butwal municipal elections

13 May 2022
97 seats to Butwal Sub Metropolitan City Council 49 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Khel Raj Pandey Baburam Bhattarai Party Congress CPN (UML) Unified Socialist Seats before 8 89 0 Seats won 66 28 1 Seat change 58 61 1 Popular vote 30,249 22,718 Percentage 52.3% 39.3%   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Janamukti Independent Seats before 0 0 Seats won 1 1 Seat change 1 1
Results for ward chair by party
Mayor before election Shiva Prasad Subedi CPN (UML) Elected mayor Khel Raj Pandey Nepali Congress

Municipal election for Butwal 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]

Khel Raj Pandey from Nepali Congress was elected as mayor of the sub-metropolitan city.[5]

Background

Butwal was established in 1959 as a municipality. The sub-metropolitan city was created in 2014 by incorporating neighboring village development committees into Butwal municipality.[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, Shiva Raj Subedi from CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) was elected as mayor.[8]

Candidates

Party		Mayor candidate
	Nepali Congress	Khel Raj Pandey
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Mrigendra Sherchan
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Baburam Bhattarai

Opinion Poll

Date	News agency	Sample size	Khel Raj Pandey	Baburam Bhattarai	Mrigendra Sherchan	Undecided	Result
10 May 2022	Setopati[9]	80	25	21	17	17	Hung
			31%	26%	21%	21%

Exit polls

Date	Pollster	Bhattarai	Pandey	Sherchan	Others	Lead
		UML	Congress	RPP
13 May 2022	Facts Nepal[10]	50.8%	38.1%	10.2%	0.8%	12.7%

Results

Mayoral election

Mayoral elections result

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Congress	Khel Raj Pandey	30,249	52.3%	+6.9%
	CPN (UML)	Baburam Bhattarai	22,718	39.3%	−11.3%
	RPP	Mrigendra Kumar Sherchan	4,379	7.6%	+7.2%
	Others		450	0.8%
Total votes			57,796	100.0%
	Congress gain from CPN (UML)		Swing	+9.1%

Deputy mayoral elections result

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPN (UML)	Sabitra Devi Arya	25,061	50.8%	−8.8%
	Unified Socialist	Chin Bahadur Gurung	17,023	34.5%	New
	RPP	Bhagwati Pandey	6,820	13.8%	+12.5%
	Others		394	0.8%
Total votes			49,298	100.0%
	CPN (UML) hold

Ward results

Summary of Partywise Ward chairman and Ward member seats won, 2022

Party		Chairman	Members
	Nepali Congress	12	53
	CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)	5	22
	CPN (Unified Socialist)	1	0
	Rastriya Janamukti Party	0	1
	Independent	1	0
Total		19	76

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
Chairman
Open Member
Open Member
Female Member
Female Dalit Member
Source: Election Commission

Council formation

Party		Mayor	Deputy Mayor	Ward Chairman	Ward Members	Total seats	Remarks
	Nepali Congress	1		12	53	66	Majority
	Communist Party of Nepal (UML)		1	5	22	28
	CPN (Unified Socialist)			1	0	1
	Rastriya Janamukti Party			0	1	1
	Independent			1	0	1
Total		1	1	19	76	97	49 for Majority

See also

• 2022 Nepalese local elections
• 2022 Lalitpur municipal election
• 2022 Kathmandu municipal election
• 2022 Janakpur municipal election
• 2022 Pokhara municipal election

References

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. "NC candidate Pandey wins mayoral post in Butwal". Khabarhub. Retrieved 2022-05-21.
6. Magazine, New Spolight. "Nepal government declares 61 new municipalities". SpotlightNepal. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
7. Article 223(2) of the Constitution of Nepal (September 20, 2015)
8. "UML candidates elected in Butwal Sub-Metropolis". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
9. Setopati, शोभा शर्मा. "बुटवलमा कांग्रेस र एमालेको टक्कर, राप्रपाको दबाब". Setopati. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
10. "बुटवल उप-महानगरपालिका". Twitter. Retrieved 2022-05-13.