2022 Kalaiya municipal election

2022 Kalaiya municipal elections

13 May 2022
137 seats to Kalaiya Sub Metropolitan City Council 69 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Binod Prasad Shah Rajesh Rae Yadav Party CPN (UML) Congress People's Socialist Party, Nepal (2020) Seats before 43 40 28 Seats won 57 43 28 Seat change 14 3 Popular vote 24,174 18,540 Percentage 54.1% 41.5%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Jay Prakash Shah Teli Party Nepal Loktantrik Party Unified Socialist Loktantrik Samajwadi Seats before 4 9 Seats won 5 4 0 Seat change 1 4 9 Popular vote 910 Percentage 2.0%
Mayor before election Rajesh Rae Yadav Congress Elected Mayor Binod Prasad Shah CPN (UML)

Municipal election for Kalaiya took place on 13 May 2022, with all 137 positions up for election across 27 wards.[1][2] The electorate elected a mayor, a deputy mayor, 27 ward chairs and 108 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]

Binod Prasad Shah from CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) was elected as mayor but no party was able to gain a majority in the council.[5]

Background

Kalaiya was established in 1982 as a municipality. The sub-metropolitan city was created in 2017 by merging neighboring village development committees into Kalaiya.[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, Rajesh Rae Yadav from Nepali Congress was elected as the first mayor of the sub-metropolitan city.[8]

Candidates

Party		Mayor candidate
	Nepali Congress	Rajesh Raya Yadav
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

Results

Mayoral election

Mayoral elections result

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPN (UML)	Binod Prasad Shah	24,174	54.1%	+27.8%
	Congress	Rajesh Rae Yadav	18,540	41.5%	+11.5%
	Others		1,944	4.4%
Total votes			44,659	100.0%
	CPN (UML) gain from Congress		Swing	+8.2%

Deputy mayoral elections result

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPN (UML)	Roshan Parbin	19,251	47.8%	+22.1%
	People's Socialist Party, Nepal (2020)	Pramod Prasad Gupta	18,304	45.4%	+23.8%
	Others		2,721	6.8%
Total votes			40,276	100.0%
	CPN (UML) gain from Congress		Swing	+25.7%

Ward results

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

Party		Chairman	Members
	Nepali Congress	10	33
	CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)	9	46
	People's Socialist Party, Nepal	6	22
	Nepal Loktantrik Party	1	4
	CPN (Unified Socialist)	1	3
Total		27	108

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

See also

• 2022 Nepalese local elections
• 2022 Lalitpur municipal election
• 2022 Kathmandu municipal election
• 2022 Janakpur municipal election
• 2022 Pokhara municipal election
• 2022 Provincial Assembly of Madhesh Province 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. "UML wins Jeetpur Simaraha Sub-metro, NC wins Mahagadimai municipality". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
6. "Introduction | Kalaiya Sub-Metropolitan City". kalaiyamun.gov.np. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
7. Article 223(2) of the Constitution of Nepal (September 20, 2015)
8. Republica. "NC wins in Kalaiya Sub-Metropolitan City". My Republica. Retrieved 2022-05-23.