| Election Name: | 2022 Itahari municipal elections |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2017 Itahari municipal election |
| Previous Year: | 2017 |
| Next Election: | 2027 Itahari municipal elections |
| Next Year: | 2027 |
| Seats For Election: | 102 seats to Itahari Sub Metropolitan City Council |
| Majority Seats: | 52 |
| Election Date: | 13 May 2022 |
| Image1: | Nepalese Election Symbol Tree.svg |
| Leader1: | Hem Karna Paudel |
| Party1: | Nepali Congress+ |
| Seats Before1: | 43 |
| Seats1: | 22 |
| Seat Change1: | 21 |
| Party2: | Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) |
| Seats Before2: | 58 |
| Seats2: | 75 |
| Seat Change2: | 17 |
| Party4: | Independent |
| Seats Before4: | 0 |
| Seats4: | 5 |
| Seat Change4: | 5 |
| Image5: | Nepalese Election Symbol Hammer and sickle.svg |
| Party5: | Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) |
| Seats Before5: | 1 |
| Seats5: | 0 |
| Seat Change5: | 1 |
| Map Size: | 125px |
| Mayor | |
| Posttitle: | Elected Mayor |
| Before Election: | Dwarik Lal Chaudhary |
| Before Party: | Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) |
| After Election: | Hem Karna Paudel |
| After Party: | Nepali Congress |
Municipal election for Itahari took place on 13 May 2022, with all 102 positions up for election across 20 wards.[1] [2] The electorate elected a mayor, a deputy mayor, 20 ward chairs and 80 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]
Hem Karna Paudel from Nepali Congress was elected as the mayor of the metropolitan city defeating CPN (UML) candidate.
Itharai was established as a municipality in 1997. The sub-metropolitan city was created in 2014 by merging nearby village development committees into Itahari municipality.[5] [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, Dwarik Lal Chaudhary of the CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) was elected as the first mayor of the sub-metropolitan city.[8]
| Party | Mayor candidate | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nepali Congress | Hemkarna Paudel | ||
| CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Yam Kumar Subba | ||
| Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Akash Subba | ||
| Date | News agency | Sample size | Hem Karna Paudel | Yam Kumar Subba | Akash Subba | Undecided | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 May 2022 | Setopati[9] | 85 | 36 | 28 | 7 | 14 | Hung |
| 42% | 33% | 8.5% | 16.5% |
|-! colspan="2" style="text-align:centre;" | Party! Chairman! Members|-| style="background-color:;" || style="text-align:left;" |Communist Party of Nepal (UML)| style="text-align:center;" | 14| style="text-align:center;" | 60|-| style="background-color:;" || style="text-align:left;" |Nepali Congress| style="text-align:center;" | 5| style="text-align:center;" | 16|-| style="background-color:;" || style="text-align:left;" |Independent| style="text-align:center;" | 1| style="text-align:center;" | 4|-! colspan="2" style="text-align:right;" | Total! 20! 80|}
| Party | Mayor | Deputy Mayor | Ward Chairman | Ward Members | Total seats | Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nepali Congress | 1 | 5 | 16 | 22 | ||||
| Communist Party of Nepal (UML) | 1 | 14 | 60 | 75 | Majority | |||
| Independent | 1 | 4 | 5 | |||||
| Total | 1 | 1 | 20 | 80 | 102 | 52 for Majority | ||