| Election Name: | 2022 Butwal municipal elections |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2017 Butwal municipal election |
| Previous Year: | 2017 |
| Next Election: | 2027 Butwal municipal elections |
| Next Year: | 2027 |
| Seats For Election: | 97 seats to Butwal Sub Metropolitan City Council |
| Majority Seats: | 49 |
| Election Date: | 13 May 2022 |
| Image1: | 80px |
| Leader1: | Khel Raj Pandey |
| Party1: | Nepali Congress |
| Seats Before1: | 8 |
| Seats1: | 66 |
| Seat Change1: | 58 |
| Popular Vote1: | 30,249 |
| Percentage1: | 52.3% |
| Leader2: | Baburam Bhattarai |
| Party2: | Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) |
| Seats Before2: | 89 |
| Seats2: | 28 |
| Seat Change2: | 61 |
| Popular Vote2: | 22,718 |
| Percentage2: | 39.3% |
| Image3: | 60px |
| Party3: | Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist) |
| Seats Before3: | 0 |
| Seats3: | 1 |
| Seat Change3: | 1 |
| Image4: | 80px |
| Party4: | Rastriya Janamukti Party |
| Seats Before4: | 0 |
| Seats4: | 1 |
| Seat Change4: | 1 |
| Party5: | Independent |
| Seats Before5: | 0 |
| Seats5: | 1 |
| Seat Change5: | 1 |
| Map Size: | 150px |
| Mayor | |
| Posttitle: | Elected mayor |
| Before Election: | Shiva Prasad Subedi |
| Before Party: | Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) |
| After Election: | Khel Raj Pandey |
| After Party: | Nepali Congress |
Municipal election for Butwal took place on 13 May 2022, with all 97 positions up for election across 19 wards.[1] [2] The electorate elected a mayor, a deputy mayor, 19 ward chairs and 76 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]
Khel Raj Pandey from Nepali Congress was elected as mayor of the sub-metropolitan city.[5]
Butwal was established in 1959 as a municipality. The sub-metropolitan city was created in 2014 by incorporating neighboring village development committees into Butwal municipality.[6] 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.[7]
In the previous election, Shiva Raj Subedi from CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) was elected as mayor.[8]
| Party | Mayor candidate | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nepali Congress | Khel Raj Pandey | ||
| Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Mrigendra Sherchan | ||
| CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Baburam Bhattarai | ||
| Date | News agency | Sample size | Khel Raj Pandey | Baburam Bhattarai | Mrigendra Sherchan | Undecided | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 May 2022 | Setopati[9] | 80 | 25 | 21 | 17 | 17 | Hung |
| 31% | 26% | 21% | 21% |
|-! colspan="2" style="text-align:centre;" | Party! Chairman! Members|-| style="background-color:;" || style="text-align:left;" |Nepali Congress| style="text-align:center;" | 12| style="text-align:center;" | 53|-| style="background-color:;" || style="text-align:left;" |CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)| style="text-align:center;" | 5| style="text-align:center;" | 22|-| style="background-color:;" || style="text-align:left;" |CPN (Unified Socialist)| style="text-align:center;" | 1| style="text-align:center;" | 0|-| style="background-color:;" || style="text-align:left;" |Rastriya Janamukti Party| style="text-align:center;" | 0| style="text-align:center;" | 1|-| 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! 19! 76|}
| Party | Mayor | Deputy Mayor | Ward Chairman | Ward Members | Total seats | Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nepali Congress | 1 | 12 | 53 | 66 | Majority | |||
| Communist Party of Nepal (UML) | 1 | 5 | 22 | 28 | ||||
| CPN (Unified Socialist) | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Rastriya Janamukti Party | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 1 | 1 | 19 | 76 | 97 | 49 for Majority | ||