2022 Nepalese local elections

2022 Nepalese local elections
← 2017 13 May 2022[1] 2027 →
6 Metropolitan Cities
11 Sub-Metropolitan Cities
276 Municipalities
460 Rural Municipalities
Turnout70.96% (Decrease 3.20pp)[2]
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Sher Bahadur Deuba KP Sharma Oli Pushpa Kamal Dahal
Party Congress CPN (UML) Maoist Centre
Leader since 7 March 2016 8 March 2021 8 March 2021
Heads 329 206 121
Heads +/– Increase 54 Decrease 65 Increase 15
Ward chairs 2,658 2,132 1,053
Ward chairs +/– Increase 284 Decrease 428 Decrease 49
Popular Vote 3,956,193 3,811,602 1,503,247
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Upendra Yadav Madhav Kumar Nepal Mahantha Thakur
Party People's Socialist Party, Nepal (2020) Unified Socialist Loktantrik Samajwadi
Leader since May 2020 18 August 2021 18 August 2021
Heads 30 20 16
Heads +/– Decrease 13 Increase 1 Decrease 2
Ward chairs 295 190 103
Ward chairs +/– Increase 11 Increase 190 Decrease 92
Popular Vote 577,380 422,737 255,882
  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
Leader Rajendra Lingden Chitra Bahadur K.C. Ranjita Shrestha
Party RPP Janamorcha Nagrik Unmukti
Leader since 5 December 2021 26 May 2006 3 January 2022
Heads 4 4 4
Heads +/– Decrease 1 Increase 1 Increase 4
Ward chairs 62 26 14
Ward chairs +/– Increase 1 Decrease 7 Increase 14
Popular Vote 363,160 40,491 31,039
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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.[3] These were the second set of local-level elections to be held since the promulgation of the new constitution in 2015.[4] From the local election result Nepali Congress has become the single largest party of Nepal followed by CPN (UML) and Maoist Centre.

  1. ^ "Local election on May 13". February 7, 2022. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  2. ^ Ghimire, Binod. "Nepalis in general love to vote. Why is turnout low then? Disenchantment?". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Nepal Election Commission proposes local level polls in March next year". ANI News. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
  4. ^ "देउवाको रणनीति : स्थानीय तहभन्दा पहिले संसदको चुनाव". Online Khabar. Retrieved 2021-12-08.