2022 Kalaiya municipal election

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]

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) Nepali Congress PSP-N
Seats before 43 40 28
Seats won 57 43 28
Seat change Increase 14 Increase 3 Steady
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 Increase 1 Increase 4 Decrease 9
Popular vote 910
Percentage 2.0%
Mayor before election

Rajesh Rae Yadav
Nepali Congress

 Elected Mayor

Binod Prasad Shah
CPN (UML)

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%
Nepali 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 Nepali Congress Swing +8.2%
Deputy mayoral elections result
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPN (UML) Rausan Parvin 19,251 47.8% +22.1%
PSP-N Pramod Prasad Gupta 18,304 45.4% +23.8%
Others 2,721 6.8%
Total votes 40,276 100.0%
CPN (UML) gain from Nepali 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

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.
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