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]
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]
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]
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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 2017 13 May 2022 1 2027 167 seats to Pokhara Metropolitan City Council84 seats needed for a majority First party Second party Leader Dhana Raj Acharya Krishna Bahadur ThapaParty Unified Socialist CPN UML Seats before 0 119Seats won 1 86Seat change 1 33Popular vote 58 893 52 848Percentage 48 1 43 2 Third party Fourth party Leader Shankar KharalParty NC IndependentSeats before 48 0Seats won 79 1Seat change 31 1Mayor before electionMan Bahadur GCCPN UML Elected Mayor Dhana Raj AcharyaUnified SocialistDhanraj Acharya of CPN Unified Socialist was elected mayor of Pokhara Metropolitan city Contents 1 Background 2 Mayor and deputy mayor candidates 3 Surveys and opinion polls 4 Exit polls 5 Mayoral results 6 Ward results 6 1 Summary of results by ward 7 Results for municipal executive election 7 1 Municipal Assembly composition 7 2 Results 7 3 Municipal Executive composition 8 See also 9 ReferencesBackground editPokhara 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 editPost Parties Symbol NameMayor CPN Unified Socialist nbsp Dhanraj AcharyaRastriya Prajatantra Party nbsp Shankar KharalCPN UML nbsp Krishna Bahadur ThapaDeputy mayor Nepali Congress nbsp Kopila RanabhatRastriya Prajatantra Party nbsp Ranjana Kumari Saini PaudelCPN UML nbsp Manju Devi GurungSurveys and opinion polls editDate News agency Sample size Dhan Raj Acharya Undecided Krishna Bahadur Thapa Shankar Kharal Result9 May 2022 Setopati 9 150 56 43 38 9 Hung37 29 25 6 Exit polls editDate Pollster Thapa Acharya Paudel Kharel Others LeadUML US Ind RPP13 May 2022 Facts Nepal 10 41 7 37 8 7 7 4 5 8 3 3 9 Mayoral results editMayoral elections result Party Candidate Votes Unified Socialist Dhan Raj Acharya 58 893 48 1 NewCPN 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 NewOthers 1 884 1 5 Total valid votes 122 329 100 0 Rejected ballots 20897Turnout 143 226Registered electors 207 712 11 Unified Socialist gain from CPN UML SwingDeputy mayoral elections result Party Candidate Votes CPN UML Manju Devi Gurung 60 546 49 0 0 7 NC 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 19788Turnout 143 226Registered electors 207 712 11 CPN UML holdWard results edit nbsp Results for ward chair by partySummary of Partywise Ward chairman and Ward member seats won 2022 Party Chairman MembersNepali Congress 23 56CPN Unified Marxist Leninist 9 76Independent 1 0Total 33 132Summary of results by ward edit Ward No Ward Chair Ward MembersOpen Open 2 Female Female Dalit1 Shahara Pradhan2 Diwas Man Pradhananga3 Prakash Man Udas4 Dev Krishna Parajuli5 Bishnu Prasad Baral6 Bishnu Bahadur Bhattarai7 Ram Mohan Acharya8 Rudra Nath Baral9 Dipendra Marsani10 Rajesh Gurung11 Prem Prasad Karmacharya12 Santosh Bastola13 Kiran Baral14 Bodh Bahadur Karki15 Toran Bahadur Baniya16 Amrit Sharma Timilsina17 Radhika Kumari Shahi18 Shiva Prasad Timilsina19 Pushpendra Pandey20 Ganga Bahadur Khatri21 Dipak Prasad Subedi22 Him Lal Baral23 Ram Kaji Gurung24 Bharat Bahadur Adhikari25 Moti Lal Timilsina26 Narendra Thapa27 Purna Kumar Gurung28 Shree Krishna Lamichhane29 Shree Prasad Gurung30 Durga Prasad Subedi31 Dhaknath Kadel32 Akkal Bahadur Karki33 Ram Chandra AdhikariResults for municipal executive election editThe 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 edit Party MembersCPN Unified Marxist Leninist 86Nepali Congress 79CPN Unified Socialist 1Independent 1Total 167Results edit Category Candidate 13 Party VotesFemale Member Dhankumari Pokharel CPN Unified Marxist Leninist 86Nirmala Paudel 86Bhimkumari Pun Garbuja 86Mandira Pariyar 86Harimaya Bishwakarma 86Daldadevi Bhujel Nepali Congress 81Durgadevi Thapa 81Pabitra Thapa 81Ransuwa Gurung 80Bhawana Shrestha 79Dalit Minority Member Nirmal Diyali CPN Unified Marxist Leninist 87Govinda Tulachan 86Dipak Ghimire 86Lal Bahadur B K CPN Unified Socialist 81Pan Bahadur Gharti People s Socialist Party 80Bhim Bahadur Sarki CPN Maoist Centre 78Municipal Executive composition edit Party MembersNepali Congress 23CPN Unified Marxist Leninist 18CPN Unified Socialist 1Independent 1Total 43See also edit2022 Nepalese local elections 2022 Lalitpur municipal election 2022 Kathmandu municipal election 2022 Janakpur municipal election 2022 Bharatpur municipal electionReferences edit Local election on May 13 February 7 2022 Retrieved February 10 2022 Article 215 6 of the Constitution of Nepal September 20 2015 Government announces local level elections for May 13 kathmandupost com Retrieved 2022 05 23 Article 216 4 of the Constitution of Nepal September 20 2015 यसर च न द छन स थ न य प रत न ध क र यप ल क भन द व यवस थ प क ठ ल Setopati Retrieved 2 June 2017 Pokhara Lekhnath becomes largest metropolitan city kathmandupost com Retrieved 2022 05 23 Article 223 2 of the Constitution of Nepal September 20 2015 UML wins mayor deputy mayor in Pokhara Lekhnath metropolis kathmandupost com Retrieved 2022 05 23 Setopati Manoj Satyal Dhan Raj Acharya of Unified Socialist slightly ahead of UML s Krishna Thapa in Pokhara Setopati Retrieved 2022 05 09 प खर मह नगरप ल क Twitter Retrieved 2022 05 13 a b प र स व ज ञप त PDF Election Commission Nepal in Nepali Retrieved 26 May 2022 Article 216 of the Constitution of Nepal September 20 2015 प खर मह नगरक क र यप ल क सदस यम एम ल क प य नल न र व च त Pahilo Post in Nepali Retrieved 2022 06 11 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2022 Pokhara municipal election amp oldid 1152691220, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
