2022 Birgunj municipal election

2022 Birgunj municipal elections
162 seats to Birgunj Metropolitan City Council; 82 seats needed for a majority
Mayor before election; Bijay Saraogi; CPN (UML)	Elected mayor ; Rajesh Man Singh; People's Socialist Party, Nepal (2020)

Municipal election for Birgunj took place on 13 May 2022, with all 162 positions up for election across 32 wards.^[1]^[2] The electorate elected a mayor, a deputy mayor, 32 ward chairs and 128 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.^[3]^[4]

Background

Birgunj was established as a municipality in 1953. The metropolitan city was formed in 2017 after incorporating neighboring village development committees into Birgunj sub-metropolitan city.^[5] 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.^[6]

In the previous election, Vijay Kumar Sarawagi from Federal Socialist Forum was elected as the first mayor of the metropolitan city.^[7]

Candidates

	Mayor candidate	Deputy Mayor candidate
People's Socialist Party, Nepal	Rajesh Man Singh^[8]
Nepali Congress		Imtiaz Alam^[8]
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Vijay Kumar Sarawagi^[9]
Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal		Purushottam Lal Jha^[9]
Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Girish Giri^[10]	Bina Jaiswal^[10]
Nepal Majdoor Kisan Party	Gokarna Prasad Koiri
Bahujan Shakti Party	Laxmi Hajara
Nepal Sadbhawana Party	Bijay Kumar Rauniyar
Janamat Party	Dinesh Ram	Anita Devi
Independent	Rajesh Singh
Independent	Kailash Prasad Sarraf
Independent	Feroz Alam
Independent	Mohammad Hafiz Miya
Independent	Bhola Patel
Independent	Mohammad Jya-ul-haq Hawari
Independent	Mohammad Sagir Ali
Independent	Rizwan Ali
Independent	Bikki Raj Patel
Independent	Mohammad Riyaz-ul-haq
Independent	Rajendra Prasad Singh Bhumihar
Independent	Sanjeev Kumar Yadav
Independent	Radheshyam Sah
Independent	Ajay Kumar Kurmi
Independent	Sasuddin Miya
Independent	Satrudhan Prasad Kurmi
Independent	Sunil Kumar Kalwar
Independent	Brijmohan Prasad Chaurasiya
Independent	Sumit Kumar Singh
Independent	Koshila Devi Kanuin
Independent	Jamil Ray Bhat
Independent	Prabhat Singh
Independent	Roz Miya Ansari
Independent		Rambha Mishra
Independent		Birendra Sah
Independent		Dinesh Kumar Kushwaha
Independent		Rambabu Mahato Nuniya
Independent		Dipak Prasad Patel

Exit polls

Date	Pollster	Singh	Sarawagi	Giri	Others	Lead
		PSP-N	UML	RPP	Others

13 May 2022	Facts Nepal^[11]	74.9%	14.7%	0.4%	9.9%	60.2%

Mayoral results

Mayoral elections result
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	People's Socialist Party, Nepal (2020)	Rajesh Man Singh	46,215	62.8%	+46.6%
	CPN (UML)	Vijay Kumar Sarawagi	23,671	32.2%	+6.4%
	RPP	Girish Giri	3,313	4.5%	+4.1%
	Others		338	0.5%
Total votes			73,537	100.0%
Rejected ballots			20,245
Turnout			93,782
Registered electors			124,647
	People's Socialist Party, Nepal (2020) gain from CPN (UML)		Swing	+20.1%

Deputy mayoral elections result
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Congress	Imtiaz Alam	30,078	60.2%	+22.6%
	Loktantrik Samajwadi	Purushottam Lal Jha	9,568	19.1%	New
	RPP	Bina Jaiswal	5,988	12.0%	New
	Independent	Rambha Mishra	3,909	7.8%	−7.0%
	Others		452	0.9%
Total votes			49,995	100.0%
Rejected ballots			43,787
Turnout			93,782
Registered electors			124,647
	Congress hold

Ward results

Results for ward chair by party

Summary of Partywise Ward chairman and Ward member seats won, 2022
Party		Chairman	Members
	People's Socialist Party, Nepal	13	56
	Nepali Congress	9	37
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	8	32
	Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal	2	3
Total		32	128

Summary of results by ward

Ward No.	Ward Chair		Ward Members
Ward No.	Ward Chair		Open	Open 2	Female	Female Dalit
1		Manoj Raut Kurmi
2		Mohammad Riyaz Miya Teli
3		Baijulal Swarnakar
4		Jagat Prasad Sah Kanu
5		Pradeep Kumar
6		Jayprakash Shah Agrawal
7		Harikaji Maharjan
8		Ritesh Kumar Gupta
9		Jwahar Prasad Gupta
10		Sushil Kumar Kanu
11		Ajay Kumar Baire
12		Suresh Prasad Gupta
13		Hira Lal Giri
14		Mahboob Ailahi Ansari
15		Ramesh Prasad Yadav
16		Prashuram Kumar Chaursiya
17		Sanjib Bahadur Chhetri
18		Umesh Shankar Tiwari
19		Mukesh Kumar Chaursiya
20		Ramkishore Singh
21		Radha Krishna Sah Rauniyar
22		Dwarika Mahato
23		Abadh Kishore Prasad Kushwaha
24		Bijay Prasad Kurmi
25		Ashutosh Chaturdevi
26		Shambhu Mishra
27		Hridaya Narayan Prasad Kurmi
28		Saryug Mahato Dhanuk
29		Dharmendra Prasad Mahato Tharu
30		Manoj Kumar Yadav
31		Jitendra Prasad Yadav
32		Riyaz Ahmed Miya

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.^[12]

Municipal Assembly composition

Party		Members
	People's Socialist Party, Nepal	70
	Nepali Congress	47
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	40
	Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal	5
Total		162

Results

Category	Candidate^[13]		Votes
Female Member	Rabulsan Khatun	People's Socialist Party	114
	Devi Rajputin	People's Socialist Party	113
	Nitu Kumari Ram	Nepali Congress	111
	Kanika Kaushik		109
	Radhadevi Karki		109
	Manju Devi	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	46
	Sangita Devi		46
	Amari Devi Chamar		45
	Kanti Devi		45
	Patiya Devi	Loktantrik Samajwadi Party	43
Dalit/Minority Member	Niranjan Prasad Sonar	People's Socialist Party	110
	Khairuddin Miya Dhobi	People's Socialist Party	108
	Kanhaiya Prasad	Nepali Congress	107
	Om Prakash Sah	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	48
	Raj Kishore Gupta		47
	Ajay Kumar Gupta		47

Municipal Executive composition

Party		Members
	People's Socialist Party, Nepal	18
	Nepali Congress	14
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	8
	Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal	2
Total		42

References

^ 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)
^ यसरी चुनिँदै छन् स्थानीय प्रतिनिधि, कार्यपालिकाभन्दा व्यवस्थापिका ठूलो. Setopati. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
^ "Biratnagar, Birgunj promoted to Metropolitan Cities". thehimalayantimes.com. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
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[:02-1] 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] Article 216(4) of the Constitution of Nepal (September 20, 2015)

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

[5] "Biratnagar, Birgunj promoted to Metropolitan Cities". thehimalayantimes.com. Retrieved 2022-05-23.

[6] Article 223(2) of the Constitution of Nepal (September 20, 2015)

[7] "SSFN\'s Sarawagi wins Birgunj\'s mayoral post". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2022-05-23.

[:0-8] "वीरगन्जमा गठबन्धनका तर्फबाट मेयरमा जसपाका सिंह र उपमेयरमा कांग्रेसका आलमले दिए उम्मेदवारी". ekantipur.com (in Nepali). Retrieved 2022-04-25.

[Setopati-9] Setopati, सेतोपाटी संवाददाता. "यी हुन् ६ महानगर र ११ उपमहानगरमा सत्ता गठबन्धन र एमालेका मेयर/उपमेयर उम्मेदवार". Setopati (in Hindi). Retrieved 2022-04-25.

[:1-10] "यी हुन् राप्रपाले टुंग्याएका उम्मेदवारहरु". ekantipur.com (in Nepali). Retrieved 2022-04-25.

[11] "वीरगंज महानगरपालिका". Twitter. Retrieved 2022-05-13.

[:2-12] Article 216 of the Constitution of Nepal (September 20, 2015)

[13] "वीरगन्ज महानगरको कार्यपालिकामा पनि गठबन्धनकै जित". Annapurna Post (in Nepali). Retrieved 2022-06-11.

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