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2022 Dharan municipal elections

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102 seats to Dharan Sub-Metropolitan City Council 52 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Candidate Harka Raj Rai Kishore Rai Party Independent Congress Popular vote 20,821 16,051 Percentage 39.8% 30.7%   Third party Fourth party   Candidate Manju Bhandari Subedi Naresh Kumar Shakya Party CPN (UML) RPP Popular vote 12,825 1,488 Percentage 24.5% 2.8%
Mayor before election Tilak Rai Congress Elected Mayor Harka Raj Rai Independent

Municipal election for Dharan took place on 13 May 2022, with all 102 positions up for election across 20 wards. The electorate elected a mayor, a deputy mayor, 20 ward chairs and 80 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.

Independent candidate Harka Raj Rai was elected as the mayor of the sub-metropolitan city.

Background

Dharan was established in 1958 as a municipality. The sub-metropolitan was created in 2014 by incorporating neighboring village development committees into Dharan municipality. 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.

In the previous election, Tara Subba from the CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) was elected as the mayor but after he died on 18 July 2018, Tilak Rai from the Nepali Congress was elected as mayor in a by-election in 2019.

Candidates

Opinion poll

Exit polls

Results

Mayoral election

Ward results

Summary of results by ward

Council formation

See also

• 2022 Nepalese local elections
• 2022 Lalitpur municipal election
• 2022 Kathmandu municipal election
• 2022 Janakpur municipal election
• 2022 Pokhara municipal election

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. यसरी चुनिँदै छन् स्थानीय प्रतिनिधि, कार्यपालिकाभन्दा व्यवस्थापिका ठूलो. Setopati. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
4. Article 216(4) of the Constitution of Nepal (September 20, 2015)
5. "Independent candidate Harka Raj Rai elected mayor of Dharan Sub-Metropolitan City". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
6. Magazine, New Spolight. "Nepal government declares 61 new municipalities". SpotlightNepal. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
7. Article 223(2) of the Constitution of Nepal (September 20, 2015)
8. Rai, Rohit. "NC's Tilak Rai elected as mayor of Dharan". My Republica. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
9. "Dharan Mayor Subba, 52, dies in hospital". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
10. रातोपाटी. "काँग्रेसले सुनसरी तय गर्‍यो उम्मेदवार : इटहरीमा हेमकर्ण र धरानमा किशोर". RatoPati (in Nepali). Retrieved 2022-04-25.
11. Setopati, Bhanubhakta. "Dharan may spring another surprise by electing independent candidate Harka Sampang as mayor". Setopati. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
12. "धरान उप-महानगरपालिका". Twitter. Retrieved 2022-05-13.

v t e 2022 Nepalese local elections
Metropolitan Cities	Bharatpur Biratnagar Birgunj Kathmandu Lalitpur Pokhara
Sub-metropolitan Cities	Butwal Dhangadhi Dharan Ghorahi Hetauda Itahari Janakpur Jitpursimara Kalaiya Nepalgunj Tulsipur
Municipalities	Rajbiraj

• 2022 Nepalese local elections