Hem Karna Paudel

Hem Karna Poudel
हेम कर्ण पौडेल
5th Mayor of Itahari Sub-Metropolitan City
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 May 2022
Deputy	Sangita Kumari Chaudhary
Preceded by	Dwarik Lal Chaudhary
Personal details
Born	Itahari, Nepal
Political party	Nepali Congress

Hem Karna Poudel (Nepali: हेम कर्ण पौडेल) is a Nepalese politician, belonging to Nepali Congress Party. Poudel is the current mayor of Itahari Sub-Metropolitan City.[1][2] He defeated CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) candidate Yam Kumar Chungbang Subba by receiving 33,049 votes.[3][4]

Electoral history

2022 Itahari municipal election

Mayoral elections result

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Congress	Hem Karna Paudel	33,049	50.0%	+9.2%
	CPN (UML)	Yam Kumar Chungbang Subba	28,031	42.4%	−0.8%
	RPP	Aakash Hang Limbu	3,908	5.9%	−1.2%
	Others		1,131	1.7%
Total votes			66,119	100.0%
Registered electors			104,626
	Congress gain from CPN (UML)		Swing	+5.0%

References

1. "Poudel elected Itahari Mayor". My Republica. Retrieved 2022-11-22.
2. "Congress nominated Hemkarna in Itahari & Kishor in Dharan". English.MakaluKhabar.com. Retrieved 2022-11-22.
3. "Poudel elected Itahari Mayor". GorakhaPatra. Retrieved 2022-11-22.
4. खबर-३, गोठालो (2022-05-22). "Poudel elected Itahari Mayor". Gothalo Khabar- Micro-news, the basis of digital. Retrieved 2022-11-22.