2022 Jitpursimara municipal election

2022 Jitpursimara mayoral election
← 2017 13 May 2022 2027 →
  First party Second party
 
Candidate Rajan Paudel Saraswati Devi Chaudhary
Party Maoist Centre CPN (UML)
Popular vote 18,743 17,779
Percentage 43.4% 41.1%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Candidate Sanjay Kumar Sah Madhav Prasad Tripathi
Party Loktantrik Samajwadi RPP
Popular vote 5,382 1,302
Percentage 12.5% 3.0%
Mayor before election

Krishna Prasad Paudel
CPN (UML)

Elected Mayor

Rajan Paudel
Maoist Centre

Municipal election for Jitpursimara took place on 13 May 2022, with all 122 positions up for election across 24 wards.[1][2] The electorate elected a mayor, a deputy mayor, 24 ward chairs and 96 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]

Rajan Paudel of the CPN (Maoist Centre) was elected as the mayor of sub-metropolitan city.[5]

Background

The first municipal election for the council was held in 2017 after the council was created by incorporating neighboring village development committees into the former Gadhimai municipality by the Local Reconstruction Body Commission.[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, Krishna Prasad Paudel from the CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) was elected as the first mayor of the sub-metropolitan city.[8]

Candidates

Krishna Prasad Paudel did not seek re-election and the incumbent deputy mayor, Saraswati Devi Chaudhary, instead served as the candidate for CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist).

In accordance with the decision of central leaders of Nepali Congress, CPN (Maoist Centre), People's Socialist Party, CPN (Unified Socialist) and Rastriya Janamorcha, an alliance was created to contest local elections in some local units. In Jitpursimara, CPN (Maoist Centre) fielded the candidate for mayor and Nepali Congress fielded the candidate for the deputy mayor from the five-party alliance.[9]

Results

Mayoral election

Mayoral elections result
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Maoist Centre Rajan Paudel 18,743 43.4%
CPN (UML) Saraswati Devi Chaudhary 17,779 41.1%
Loktantrik Samajwadi Sanjay Kumar Sah 5,382 12.5%
RPP Madhav Prasad Tripathi 1,302 3.0%
Others 7 0.02%
Total votes 43,213 100.0%
Maoist Centre gain from CPN (UML) Swing
Deputy mayoral elections result
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPN (UML) Bhola Prasad Adhikari 17,492 43.1%
Congress SMegha Shahi 15,842 39.0%
Loktantrik Samajwadi Bipi Moktan 5,027 12.4%
RPP Sushma Mishra 2,231 5.5%
Total votes 40,592 100.0%
CPN (UML) hold

Ward results

Summary of Partywise Ward chairman and Ward member seats won, 2022
Party Chairman Members
CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) 13 55
Nepali Congress 5 19
CPN (Maoist Centre) 4 14
Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal 1 5
CPN (Unified Socialist) 1 3
Total 24 96

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
Ward Chairman
Ward Member 1
Ward Member 2
Female Member
Female Dalit Member
Source: Election Commission

See also

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. ^ "Results of around 93 % local level elections out". GorakhaPatra. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  6. ^ "My Republica - Kalaiya residents agitate demanding sub metropolitan city". 2017-01-29. Archived from the original on 29 January 2017. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  7. ^ Article 223(2) of the Constitution of Nepal (September 20, 2015)
  8. ^ "UML wins Jeetpur Simaraha Sub-metro, NC wins Mahagadimai municipality". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  9. ^ Republica. "Ruling coalition concludes metropolitan, sub metropolitan city seat allocation for local polls". My Republica. Retrieved 2022-05-23.