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 PostPartiesSymbolNameMayorCPN (Unified Socialist)Dhanraj AcharyaRastriya Prajatantra PartyShankar KharalCPN (UML)Krishna Bahadur ThapaDeputy mayorNepali CongressKopila RanabhatRastriya Prajatantra PartyRanjana Kumari Saini PaudelCPN (UML)Manju Devi Gurung
Surveys and opinion polls DateNews agencySample sizeDhan Raj AcharyaUndecidedKrishna Bahadur ThapaShankar KharalResult9 May 2022Setopati1505643389Hung37%29%25%6%
Exit polls DatePollsterThapaAcharyaPaudelKharelOthersLeadUMLUSInd.RPP13 May 2022Facts Nepal41.7%37.8%7.7%4.5%8.3%3.9%
Mayoral results
Ward results
! colspan="2" style="text-align:centre;" | Party ! Chairman ! Members |- | style="background-color:;" | | style="text-align:left;" |Nepali Congress | style="text-align:center;" | 23 | style="text-align:center;" | 56 |- | style="background-color:;" | | style="text-align:left;" |CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | style="text-align:center;" | 9 | style="text-align:center;" | 76 |- | style="background-color:;" | | style="text-align:left;" |Independent | style="text-align:center;" | 1 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 |- ! colspan="2" style="text-align:right;" | Total ! 33 ! 132
Summary of results by ward Ward No.Ward ChairWard MembersOpenOpen 2FemaleFemale Dalit1Shahara Pradhan2Diwas Man Pradhananga3Prakash Man Udas4Dev Krishna Parajuli5Bishnu Prasad Baral6Bishnu Bahadur Bhattarai7Ram Mohan Acharya8Rudra Nath Baral9Dipendra Marsani10Rajesh Gurung11Prem Prasad Karmacharya12Santosh Bastola13Kiran Baral14Bodh Bahadur Karki15Toran Bahadur Baniya16Amrit Sharma Timilsina17Radhika Kumari Shahi18Shiva Prasad Timilsina19Pushpendra Pandey20Ganga Bahadur Khatri21Dipak Prasad Subedi22Him Lal Baral23Ram Kaji Gurung24Bharat Bahadur Adhikari25Moti Lal Timilsina26Narendra Thapa27Purna Kumar Gurung28Shree Krishna Lamichhane29Shree Prasad Gurung30Durga Prasad Subedi31Dhaknath Kadel32Akkal Bahadur Karki33Ram Chandra Adhikari
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 PartyMembersCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)86Nepali Congress79CPN (Unified Socialist)1Independent1Total167
Results CategoryCandidatePartyVotesFemale MemberDhankumari PokharelCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)86Nirmala Paudel86Bhimkumari Pun Garbuja86Mandira Pariyar86Harimaya Bishwakarma86Daldadevi BhujelNepali Congress81Durgadevi Thapa81Pabitra Thapa81Ransuwa Gurung80Bhawana Shrestha79Dalit/Minority MemberNirmal DiyaliCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)87Govinda Tulachan86Dipak Ghimire86Lal Bahadur B.K.CPN (Unified Socialist)81Pan Bahadur GhartiPeople's Socialist Party80Bhim Bahadur SarkiCPN (Maoist Centre)78
Municipal Executive composition PartyMembersNepali Congress23CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)18CPN (Unified Socialist)1Independent1Total43
See also
2022 Nepalese local elections 2022 Lalitpur municipal election 2022 Kathmandu municipal election 2022 Janakpur municipal election 2022 Bharatpur municipal election
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