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2022 Pokhara municipal elections

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167 seats to Pokhara Metropolitan City Council 84 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Dhana Raj Acharya Krishna Bahadur Thapa Party Unified Socialist CPN (UML) Seats before 0 119 Seats won 1 86 Seat change 1 33 Popular vote 58,893 52,848 Percentage 48.1% 43.2%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Shankar Kharal Party Congress Independent Seats before 48 0 Seats won 79 1 Seat change 31 1
Mayor before election Man Bahadur GC CPN (UML) Elected Mayor Dhana Raj Acharya Unified Socialist

Municipal election for Pokhara took place on 13 May 2022, with all 167 positions up for election across 33 wards. 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.

Dhanraj Acharya of CPN (Unified Socialist) was elected mayor of Pokhara Metropolitan city.

Background

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. 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, Man Bahadur GC from CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) was elected as the first mayor of the metropolitan city.

Mayor and deputy mayor candidates

Post	Parties		Symbol	Name
Mayor		CPN (Unified Socialist)		Dhanraj Acharya
		Rastriya Prajatantra Party		Shankar Kharal
		CPN (UML)		Krishna Bahadur Thapa
Deputy mayor		Nepali Congress		Kopila Ranabhat
		Rastriya Prajatantra Party		Ranjana Kumari Saini Paudel
		CPN (UML)		Manju Devi Gurung

Surveys and opinion polls

Exit polls

Mayoral results

Ward results

Summary of results by ward

Results for municipal executive election

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.

Municipal Assembly composition

Results

Municipal Executive composition

See also

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

References

1. "Local election on May 13". February 7, 2022. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
2. Article 215(6) of the Constitution of Nepal (September 20, 2015)
3. "Government announces local level elections for May 13". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
4. Article 216(4) of the Constitution of Nepal (September 20, 2015)
5. यसरी चुनिँदै छन् स्थानीय प्रतिनिधि, कार्यपालिकाभन्दा व्यवस्थापिका ठूलो. Setopati. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
6. "Pokhara Lekhnath becomes largest metropolitan city". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
7. Article 223(2) of the Constitution of Nepal (September 20, 2015)
8. "UML wins mayor, deputy mayor in Pokhara Lekhnath metropolis". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
9. Setopati, Manoj Satyal. "Dhan Raj Acharya of Unified Socialist slightly ahead of UML's Krishna Thapa in Pokhara". Setopati. Retrieved 2022-05-09.
10. "पोखरा महानगरपालिका". Twitter. Retrieved 2022-05-13.
11. ^ "प्रेस विज्ञप्ति" (PDF). Election Commission, Nepal (in Nepali). Retrieved 26 May 2022.
12. Article 216 of the Constitution of Nepal (September 20, 2015)
13. "पोखरा महानगरको कार्यपालिका सदस्यमा एमालेको प्यानल निर्वाचित". Pahilo Post (in Nepali). Retrieved 2022-06-11.

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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
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