The 2022 Nepalese local elections were held on 13 May 2022 in 6 metropolitan cities, 11 sub-metropolitan cities, 276 municipalities and 460 rural municipalities. These were the second set of local-level elections to be held since the promulgation of the new constitution in 2015. From the local election result

Nepali Congress The Nepali Congress ( ; Abbreviation, abbr. NC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a Social democracy, social democratic List of political parties in Nepal, political party in Nepal and the largest party in the country ...

has become the single largest party of Nepal followed by

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and Maoist Centre.

Electoral system

Each local body has an elected head, a chair for

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and a mayor for

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. They also have a deputy head, a deputy chair for

and a deputy mayor for

. Local levels are further subdivided into wards which have a ward chairperson and four members out of which two must be female with one of them from the

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community. The Chairperson/Mayor and a Deputy chairperson/Deputy Mayor are chosen by voters of the entire local level while Ward Chairperson and Ward Members are chosen by voters of the concerned ward. A single ballot is used for voting and

First past the post First-past-the-post (FPTP)—also called choose-one, first-preference plurality (FPP), or simply plurality—is a single-winner voting rule. Voters mark one candidate as their favorite, or First-preference votes, first-preference, and the cand ...

electoral system is used to select the winner.

Qualification for candidates

According to Part 17 of the Constitution, a person who meets the following criteria is qualified to become a candidate for various elected offices of the local level: * citizen of Nepal, * completed the age of twenty one years, * registered voters of concerned local level, and * not being disqualified by any Federal law,

Exit poll

Mayor/Chairperson post

Results

Overall Results

By province

Province 1

Madhesh Province

Bagmati Province

Gandaki Province

Lumbini Province

Karnali Province

Sudurpaschim Province

Major cities

Metropolitan cities

Sub-metropolitan cities

Incidents

The Election Commission of Nepal sought clarification from

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chairman

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and the wife of prime minister

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...

for violating the code of conduct during their election rally. The chairman of the Muslim Commission Samim Miya Ansari was caught in

Janakpur Janakpurdham or Janakpur (), is the capital city of Madhesh Province. This sub-metropolitan city is a central hub for the Maithili language, as well as for religious and cultural tourism in Nepal. The city was founded in the early 18th centur ...

dham during the silence period of election campaigning for trying to buy votes for independent candidate Janakiram Sah and Surendra Bhandari, the chair of the Janakpur committee of

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was also arrested for trying to buy votes. Ansari later accused UML leaders Raghubir Mahasheth and Julie Kumari Mahato of framing him. During election day, the commission fined former prime minister

Baburam Bhattarai Baburam Bhattarai (, ; born 18 June 1954), also known by his nom de guerre Laaldhwoj, is a Nepalese politician, architect and former Prime Minister of Nepal, Prime Minister who presently serves as leader of the Nepal Socialist Party. Bhattarai ...

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15,000 for breaking the code of conduct by tweeting a picture of his ballot paper. In Vyas municipality in

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, independent candidate, Deepak Raj Joshi, son of former Nepali Congress leader Govinda Raj Joshi, sustained injuries to the head after being beaten up by cadres of

. After clashes broke out between cadres of People's Socialist Party,

and

in Yamunamai Rural Municipality in

Rautahat Rautahat is a VDC located in Saptari district of Nepal. At the time of the 2011 Nepal Census it had a population of 3612 people living in 660 individual households. Jung Bahadur Rana Jung Bahadur Rana, , was born Bir Narsingh Kunwar (1817-18 ...

, a former police constable ran away with the ballot box in the ensuing chaos and voting was suspended. He was later arrested. According to the National Human Rights Commission voting was suspended in different parts of the country due to clashes between supporters of different political parties. The Election Commission of Nepal reported that voting was suspended in 79 polling centres on May 13. After accusations of booth capturing by

in Budhiganga Rural Municipality in

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demanded that a re-election be held. The Election Commission later agreed with the demands and a re-election was held on 7 July.

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References

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