| Election Name: | 2022 Hetauda municipal elections |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2017 Hetauda municipal election |
| Previous Year: | 2017 |
| Next Election: | 2027 Hetauda municipal elections |
| Next Year: | 2027 |
| Seats For Election: | 97 seats to Hetauda Sub Metropolitan City Council |
| Majority Seats: | 49 |
| Election Date: | 13 May 2022 |
| Image3: | Nepal Communist Party symbol.svg |
| Leader3: | Ananta Prasad Paudel |
| Party3: | Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) |
| Seats Before3: | 79 |
| Seats3: | 51 |
| Seat Change3: | 28 |
| Popular Vote3: | 20,908 |
| Percentage3: | 32.2% |
| Image1: | Nepalese Election Symbol Pen.svg |
| Leader1: | Mina Kumari Lama |
| Party1: | Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist) |
| Seats Before1: | 1 |
| Seats1: | 6 |
| Seat Change1: | 5 |
| Popular Vote1: | 23,080 |
| Percentage1: | 35.6% |
| Leader2: | Deepak Bahadur Singh |
| Party2: | Rastriya Prajatantra Party |
| Seats Before2: | 1 |
| Seats5: | 0 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Popular Vote2: | 20,531 |
| Percentage2: | 31.7% |
| Map Size: | 150px |
| Mayor | |
| Posttitle: | Elected Mayor |
| Before Election: | Hari Bahadur Mahat |
| Before Party: | Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
| After Election: | Mina Kumari Lama |
| After Party: | Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist) |
Municipal election for Hetauda 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]
Mina Kumari Lama from CPN (Unified Socialist) was elected as mayor of the sub-metropolitan city.[5]
Hetauda was first established as a municipality in 1969. The sub-metropolitan was created in 2014 by incorporating neighboring village development committees into Hetauda 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, Hari Bahadur Mahat from CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) was elected as mayor.[8]
|-! colspan="2" style="text-align:centre;" | Party! Chairman! Members|-| style="background-color:;" || style="text-align:left;" |CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)| style="text-align:center;" | 9| style="text-align:center;" | 42|-| style="background-color:;" || style="text-align:left;" |Nepali Congress| style="text-align:center;" | 8| style="text-align:center;" | 30|-| style="background-color:;" || style="text-align:left;" |CPN (Unified Socialist)| style="text-align:center;" | 1| style="text-align:center;" | 4|-| style="background-color:;" || style="text-align:left;" |CPN (Maoist Centre)| style="text-align:center;" | 1| style="text-align:center;" | 0|-! colspan="2" style="text-align:right;" | Total! 19! 76|}