| Election Name: | 2022 Kalaiya municipal elections |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2017 Kalaiya municipal election |
| Previous Year: | 2017 |
| Next Election: | 2027 Kalaiya municipal elections |
| Next Year: | 2027 |
| Seats For Election: | 137 seats to Kalaiya Sub Metropolitan City Council |
| Majority Seats: | 69 |
| Election Date: | 13 May 2022 |
| Image1: | Nepal Communist Party symbol.svg |
| Leader1: | Binod Prasad Shah |
| Party1: | Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) |
| Seats Before1: | 43 |
| Seats1: | 57 |
| Seat Change1: | 14 |
| Popular Vote1: | 24,174 |
| Percentage1: | 54.1% |
| Leader2: | Rajesh Rae Yadav |
| Party2: | Nepali Congress |
| Seats Before2: | 40 |
| Seats2: | 43 |
| Seat Change2: | 3 |
| Popular Vote2: | 18,540 |
| Percentage2: | 41.5% |
| Image3: | Nepalese Election Symbol Umbrella.svg |
| Party3: | People's Socialist Party, Nepal (2020) |
| Seats Before3: | 28 |
| Seats3: | 28 |
| Image4: | Namaste election symbol.svg |
| Color4: | 00ffff |
| Party4: | Nepal Loktantrik Party |
| Seats Before4: | 4 |
| Seats4: | 5 |
| Seat Change4: | 1 |
| Image5: | Nepalese Election Symbol Pen.svg |
| Party5: | Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist) |
| Seats5: | 4 |
| Seat Change5: | 4 |
| Image6: | Nepalese Election Symbol Bicycle.svg |
| Leader6: | Jay Prakash Shah Teli |
| Party6: | Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal |
| Seats Before6: | 9 |
| Seats6: | 0 |
| Seat Change6: | 9 |
| Popular Vote6: | 910 |
| Percentage6: | 2.0% |
| Mayor | |
| Posttitle: | Elected Mayor |
| Before Election: | Rajesh Rae Yadav |
| Before Party: | Nepali Congress |
| After Election: | Binod Prasad Shah |
| After Party: | Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
Municipal election for Kalaiya took place on 13 May 2022, with all 137 positions up for election across 27 wards.[1] [2] The electorate elected a mayor, a deputy mayor, 27 ward chairs and 108 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]
Binod Prasad Shah from CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) was elected as mayor but no party was able to gain a majority in the council.[5]
Kalaiya was established in 1982 as a municipality. The sub-metropolitan city was created in 2017 by merging neighboring village development committees into Kalaiya.[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, Rajesh Rae Yadav from Nepali Congress was elected as the first mayor of the sub-metropolitan city.[8]
| Party | Mayor candidate | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nepali Congress | Rajesh Raya Yadav | ||
| CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |||
|-! colspan="2" style="text-align:centre;" | Party! Chairman! Members|-| style="background-color:;" || style="text-align:left;" |Nepali Congress| style="text-align:center;" | 10| style="text-align:center;" | 33|-| style="background-color:;" || style="text-align:left;" |CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)| style="text-align:center;" | 9| style="text-align:center;" | 46|-| style="background-color:;" || style="text-align:left;" |People's Socialist Party, Nepal| style="text-align:center;" | 6| style="text-align:center;" | 22|-| style="background-color:cyan;" || style="text-align:left;" |Nepal Loktantrik Party| style="text-align:center;" | 1| style="text-align:center;" | 4|-| style="background-color:;" || style="text-align:left;" |CPN (Unified Socialist)| style="text-align:center;" | 1| style="text-align:center;" | 3|-! colspan="2" style="text-align:right;" | Total! 27! 108|}