| Election Name: | 2022 Birgunj municipal elections |
| Country: | Nepal |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2017 Birgunj municipal election |
| Previous Year: | 2017 |
| Next Election: | 2027 Birgunj municipal elections |
| Next Year: | 2027 |
| Seats For Election: | 162 seats to Birgunj Metropolitan City Council |
| Majority Seats: | 82 |
| Election Date: | 13 May 2022 |
| Image1: | Nepalese Election Symbol Umbrella.svg |
| Leader1: | Rajesh Man Singh |
| Party1: | People's Socialist Party, Nepal |
| Seats Before1: | 59 |
| Seats1: | 70 |
| Seat Change1: | 11 |
| Popular Vote1: | 46,215 |
| Percentage1: | 62.8% |
| Leader2: | Vijay Sarawagi |
| Party2: | Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) |
| Seats Before2: | 20 |
| Seats2: | 40 |
| Seat Change2: | 20 |
| Popular Vote2: | 23,671 |
| Percentage2: | 32.2% |
| Image4: | Nepalese Election Symbol Tree.svg |
| Party4: | Nepali Congress |
| Seats Before4: | 63 |
| Seats4: | 47 |
| Seat Change4: | 16 |
| Image5: | Nepalese Election Symbol Bicycle.svg |
| Party5: | Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal |
| Seats Before5: | 16 |
| Seats5: | 5 |
| Seat Change5: | 11 |
| Mayor | |
| Before Election: | Bijay Saraogi |
| Before Party: | Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) |
| After Election: | Rajesh Man Singh |
| After Party: | People's Socialist Party, Nepal |
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]
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]
| Party | Mayor candidate | Deputy Mayor candidate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| People's Socialist Party, Nepal | Rajesh Man Singh[8] | |||
| Nepali Congress | Imtiaz Alam | |||
| CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Vijay Kumar Sarawagi[9] | |||
| Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal | Purushottam Lal Jha | |||
| Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Girish Giri[10] | Bina Jaiswal | ||
| 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 | |||
|-! colspan="2" style="text-align:centre;" | Party! Chairman! Members|-| style="background-color:;" || style="text-align:left;" |People's Socialist Party, Nepal| style="text-align:center;" | 13| style="text-align:center;" | 56|-| style="background-color:;" || style="text-align:left;" |Nepali Congress| style="text-align:center;" | 9| style="text-align:center;" | 37|-| style="background-color:;" || style="text-align:left;" |CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)| style="text-align:center;" | 8| style="text-align:center;" | 32|-| style="background-color:#00aa44;" || style="text-align:left;" |Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal| style="text-align:center;" | 2| style="text-align:center;" | 3|-! colspan="2" style="text-align:right;" | Total! 32! 128|}
| Ward No. | Ward Chair | Ward Members | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||
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]
| Party | Members | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| People's Socialist Party, Nepal | 70 | ||
| Nepali Congress | 47 | ||
| CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | 40 | ||
| Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal | 5 | ||
| Total | 162 | ||
| Category | Candidate[13] | Party | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female Member | Rabulsan Khatun | People's Socialist Party | 114 | |
| Devi Rajputin | 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 | 108 | |||
| Kanhaiya Prasad | Nepali Congress | 107 | ||
| Om Prakash Sah | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | 48 | ||
| Raj Kishore Gupta | 47 | |||
| Ajay Kumar Gupta | 47 | |||
| Party | Members | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| People's Socialist Party, Nepal | 18 | ||
| Nepali Congress | 14 | ||
| CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | 8 | ||
| Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal | 2 | ||
| Total | 42 | ||