2022 Dhangadhi municipal election

2022 Dhangadhi municipal elections
	March 2022[1]
97 seats to Dhangadhi Sub Metropolitan City Council; 49 seats needed for a majority
Incumbent Mayor; Nepali Congress; Nrip Bahadur Wad; Outgoing Mayor;	; ;

Municipal election for Dhangadhi, the temporary capital of is expected to be held in March 2022 for the position of Mayor, a Deputy Mayor, Ward Chairmens and Ward Members. All positions are for a period of 5 years.[2][3] A secondary election is to be held for municipal executive which will elect 5 women from the elected ward members and 3 members who must be from the Dalit and minority community. The electorate for this election will the 97 members chosen direct election.[4]

Background

Elections were last held in 2017. With the passing of a new constitution, a commission was formed to restructure the existing local levels into more powerful and autonomous local bodies. Electors in each ward will elect a ward chairman and 4 ward members. Out of 4 ward members, 2 must be female and one of the 2 females must belong to the Dalit community.

Candidates

	Mayor candidate	Deputy Mayor candidate
Nepali Congress	Nrip Bahadur Wad[5]
Independent	Gopal Hamal[6]
Rastriya Prajatantra Party		Durga Dutt Pant[7]
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Rana Bahadur Chand[5]	Kandakala Rana Tharu[5]
CPN (Maoist Centre)		Shanti Adhikari[5]
People's Socialist Party, Nepal	Kalendra Airee[7]
Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal	Basanta Bahadur Bishwakarma[6]
Nagarik Unmukti Party	Nim Kumar Chaudhary[7]	Sabitra Chaudhary[7]

Results

Mayoral election

Summary of Dhangadhi mayoral election, 2022
Party		Candidate	%
	Nepali Congress
	Independent	Gopal Hamal
	CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party
	Others
Invalid/blank votes
Total			100
Registered voters/turnout

Summary of Dhangadhi deputy-mayoral election, 2022
Party		%
	Nepali Congress
	CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party
	Others
Invalid/blank votes
Total		100
Registered voters/turnout

Ward results

Summary of Partywise Ward chairman and Ward member seats won, 2022
Party		Chairman	Members
	Nepali Congress
	Communist Party of Nepal (UML)
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party
Total

References

स्थानीय तहको चुनाव ५ चैतभित्र गर्न आयोगको सुझाव. Himalkhabar हिमालखबर.
Article 215(6) of the Constitution of Nepal (September 20, 2015)
"Nepal Election Commission proposes local level polls in March next year". India News (News Reader). Retrieved 2021-11-30.
यसरी चुनिँदै छन् स्थानीय प्रतिनिधि, कार्यपालिकाभन्दा व्यवस्थापिका ठूलो. Setopati. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
यी हुन् ६ महानगर र ११ उपमहानगरमा सत्ता गठबन्धन र एमालेका मेयर/उपमेयर उम्मेदवार. Setopati (in Hindi). Retrieved 2022-04-25.
धनगढी, दिलबहादुर छत्याल र पुष्पराज जोशी. धनगढीमा तीनजनाको मेयरमा उम्मेदवारी. nagariknews.nagariknetwork.com (in Nepali). Retrieved 2022-04-25.
धनगढी उपमहानगरपालिकाको प्रमुखमा १० र उपप्रमुखमा ७ जनाको उम्मेदवारी. धनगढी उपमहानगरपालिकाको प्रमुखमा १० र उपप्रमुखमा ७ जनाको उम्मेदवारी. Retrieved 2022-04-25.

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[1] स्थानीय तहको चुनाव ५ चैतभित्र गर्न आयोगको सुझाव. Himalkhabar हिमालखबर.

[2] Article 215(6) of the Constitution of Nepal (September 20, 2015)

[3] "Nepal Election Commission proposes local level polls in March next year". India News (News Reader). Retrieved 2021-11-30.

[4] यसरी चुनिँदै छन् स्थानीय प्रतिनिधि, कार्यपालिकाभन्दा व्यवस्थापिका ठूलो. Setopati. Retrieved 2 June 2017.

[:0-5] यी हुन् ६ महानगर र ११ उपमहानगरमा सत्ता गठबन्धन र एमालेका मेयर/उपमेयर उम्मेदवार. Setopati (in Hindi). Retrieved 2022-04-25.

[:1-6] धनगढी, दिलबहादुर छत्याल र पुष्पराज जोशी. धनगढीमा तीनजनाको मेयरमा उम्मेदवारी. nagariknews.nagariknetwork.com (in Nepali). Retrieved 2022-04-25.

[:2-7] धनगढी उपमहानगरपालिकाको प्रमुखमा १० र उपप्रमुखमा ७ जनाको उम्मेदवारी. धनगढी उपमहानगरपालिकाको प्रमुखमा १० र उपप्रमुखमा ७ जनाको उम्मेदवारी. Retrieved 2022-04-25.