2022 Pokhara municipal election

Municipal election for Pokhara took place on 13 May 2022, with all 167 positions up for election across 33 wards.[2][3] The electorate elected a mayor, a deputy mayor, 33 ward chairs and 132 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.[4][5]

2022 Pokhara municipal elections
13 May 2022[1]
167 seats to Pokhara Metropolitan City Council
84 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Dhana Raj Acharya Krishna Bahadur Thapa
Party Unified Socialist CPN (UML)
Seats before 0 119
Seats won 1 86
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 33
Popular vote 58,893 52,848
Percentage 48.1% 43.2%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Shankar Kharal
Party Nepali Congress Independent
Seats before 48 0
Seats won 79 1
Seat change Increase 31 Increase 1
Mayor before election

Man Bahadur GC
CPN (UML)

 Elected Mayor

Dhana Raj Acharya
Unified Socialist

Dhanraj Acharya of CPN (Unified Socialist) was elected mayor of Pokhara Metropolitan city.

Background

Pokhara was established in 1962 as a municipality. The metropolitan city was created in 2017 by incorporating neighboring village development committees and Lekhnath municipality into Pokhara sub-metropolitan city.[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, Man Bahadur GC from CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) was elected as the first mayor of the metropolitan city.[8]

Mayor and deputy mayor candidates
Post Parties Symbol Name
Mayor CPN (Unified Socialist) Dhanraj Acharya
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Shankar Kharal
CPN (UML) Krishna Bahadur Thapa
Deputy mayor Nepali Congress Kopila Ranabhat
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Ranjana Kumari Saini Paudel
CPN (UML) Manju Devi Gurung

Surveys and opinion polls
Date News agency Sample size Dhan Raj Acharya Undecided Krishna Bahadur Thapa Shankar Kharal Result
9 May 2022 Setopati[9] 150 56 43 38 9 Hung
37% 29% 25% 6%

Exit polls
Date Pollster Thapa Acharya Paudel Kharel Others Lead
UML US Ind. RPP
13 May 2022 Facts Nepal[10] 41.7% 37.8% 7.7% 4.5% 8.3% 3.9%

Mayoral results
Mayoral elections result
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unified Socialist Dhan Raj Acharya 58,893 48.1% New
CPN (UML) Krishna Bahadur Thapa 52,848 43.2% -9.9%
RPP Shankar Kharal 5,674 4.6% +2.6%
Independent Khadak Raj Paudel 3,030 2.5% New
Others 1,884 1.5%
Total valid votes 122,329 100.0%
Rejected ballots 20897
Turnout 143,226
Registered electors 207,712 [11]
Unified Socialist gain from CPN (UML) Swing
Deputy mayoral elections result
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPN (UML) Manju Devi Gurung 60,546 49.0% +0.7%
Nepali Congress Kopila Ranabhat 56,663 45.9% +8.0%
RPP Ranjana Kumari Sen 5,597 4.6% +2.2%
Others 530 0.4%
Total valid votes 123,438 100.0%
Rejected ballots 19788
Turnout 143,226
Registered electors 207,712 [11]
CPN (UML) hold

Ward results
Results for ward chair by party
Summary of Partywise Ward chairman and Ward member seats won, 2022
Party Chairman Members
Nepali Congress 23 56
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) 9 76
Independent 1 0
Total 33 132

Summary of results by ward
Ward No. Ward Chair Ward Members
Open Open 2 Female Female Dalit
1
Shahara Pradhan



2
Diwas Man Pradhananga



3
Prakash Man Udas



4
Dev Krishna Parajuli



5
Bishnu Prasad Baral



6
Bishnu Bahadur Bhattarai



7
Ram Mohan Acharya



8
Rudra Nath Baral



9
Dipendra Marsani



10
Rajesh Gurung



11
Prem Prasad Karmacharya



12
Santosh Bastola



13
Kiran Baral



14
Bodh Bahadur Karki



15
Toran Bahadur Baniya



16
Amrit Sharma Timilsina



17
Radhika Kumari Shahi



18
Shiva Prasad Timilsina



19
Pushpendra Pandey



20
Ganga Bahadur Khatri



21
Dipak Prasad Subedi



22
Him Lal Baral



23
Ram Kaji Gurung



24
Bharat Bahadur Adhikari



25
Moti Lal Timilsina



26
Narendra Thapa



27
Purna Kumar Gurung



28
Shree Krishna Lamichhane



29
Shree Prasad Gurung



30
Durga Prasad Subedi



31
Dhaknath Kadel



32
Akkal Bahadur Karki



33
Ram Chandra Adhikari



Results for municipal executive election

The municipal executive consists of the mayor, who is also the chair of the municipal executive, the deputy mayor and ward chairs from each ward. The members of the municipal assembly will elect five female members and three members from the Dalit and minority community to the municipal executive using single non-transferable vote.[12]

Municipal Assembly composition
Party Members

 CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) 86

 Nepali Congress 79

 CPN (Unified Socialist) 1

 Independent 1
Total 167

Results
Category Candidate[13] Party Votes
Female Member Dhankumari Pokharel
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) 86
Nirmala Paudel 86
Bhimkumari Pun Garbuja 86
Mandira Pariyar 86
Harimaya Bishwakarma 86
Daldadevi Bhujel
Nepali Congress 81
Durgadevi Thapa 81
Pabitra Thapa 81
Ransuwa Gurung 80
Bhawana Shrestha 79
Dalit/Minority Member Nirmal Diyali
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) 87
Govinda Tulachan 86
Dipak Ghimire 86
Lal Bahadur B.K.
CPN (Unified Socialist) 81
Pan Bahadur Gharti
People's Socialist Party 80
Bhim Bahadur Sarki
CPN (Maoist Centre) 78

Municipal Executive composition
Party Members

 Nepali Congress 23

 CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) 18

 CPN (Unified Socialist) 1

 Independent 1
Total 43

See also

References
  1. "Local election on May 13". February 7, 2022. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  2. Article 215(6) of the Constitution of Nepal (September 20, 2015)
  3. "Government announces local level elections for May 13". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  4. Article 216(4) of the Constitution of Nepal (September 20, 2015)
  5. यसरी चुनिँदै छन् स्थानीय प्रतिनिधि, कार्यपालिकाभन्दा व्यवस्थापिका ठूलो. Setopati. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  6. "Pokhara Lekhnath becomes largest metropolitan city". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  7. Article 223(2) of the Constitution of Nepal (September 20, 2015)
  8. "UML wins mayor, deputy mayor in Pokhara Lekhnath metropolis". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  9. Setopati, Manoj Satyal. "Dhan Raj Acharya of Unified Socialist slightly ahead of UML's Krishna Thapa in Pokhara". Setopati. Retrieved 2022-05-09.
  10. "पोखरा महानगरपालिका". Twitter. Retrieved 2022-05-13.
  11. "प्रेस विज्ञप्ति" (PDF). Election Commission, Nepal (in Nepali). Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  12. Article 216 of the Constitution of Nepal (September 20, 2015)
  13. "पोखरा महानगरको कार्यपालिका सदस्यमा एमालेको प्यानल निर्वाचित". Pahilo Post (in Nepali). Retrieved 2022-06-11.
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