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for

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took place on 13 May 2022, with all 162 positions up for election across 32 wards. The electorate elected a

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, a deputy mayor, 32 ward chairs and 128 ward members. An

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will also be held to elect five female members and an additional three female members from the

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and minority community to the

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Background

Kathmandu was established as a municipality in 1919. After the formulation of the 1951 Municipality Act, the first municipal elections were held in Nepal and Janakman Shrestha became the first elected mayor of Kathmandu. The municipality was declared as a metropolitan city in 1995 by then mayor Prem Lal Singh. Keshav Sthapit was the first elected mayor of Kathmandu after it had been declared as a metropolitan city. 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

community. In the previous election, Bidhya Sundar Shakya from

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was elected mayor.

Candidates

CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

The incumbent mayor Bidhya Sundar Shakya, announced in February 2022 that he would want to run for re-election if the party wanted him to. But on April 24 the party announced that it would field former mayor

Keshav Sthapit Keshav Sthapit is a former mayor of Kathmandu metropolitan city. He also held the position of minister in Bagmati Pradesh and is a former member of the province's Assembly. Keshav Sthapit was elected as the mayor of Kathmandu in 1997. After the ro ...

as its candidate. Sthapit was first elected mayor in 1997 and was appointed mayor again in 2005 by then

King Gyanendra Gyanendra Shah ( ne, ज्ञानेन्द्र शाह, born 7 July 1947) is a former monarch who was the last King of Nepal, reigning from 2001 to 2008. As a child, he was briefly king from 1950 to 1951, when his grandfather, Tribhuva ...

. He was later also appointed as the commissioner of Kathmandu Valley Development Authority by Prime Minister

Baburam Bhattarai Baburam Bhattarai ( ne, बाबुराम भट्टराई, ; born 18 June 1954), also known by his nom de guerre Laaldhwoj, is a Nepalese politician and former Prime Minister, who presently serves as leader of the Nepal Socialist Party ...

, but was removed after only nine months. Sthapit was a member of the provincial assembly of Bagmati Province and previously served in the cabinet of Chief Minister Dormani Paudel but resigned to file his candidacy. Sunita Dangol, a Newa heritage activist and former Miss Newa who had previously announced her intention to run as mayor as an independent was announced as the deputy mayor candidate from the party.

Nepali Congress

The

Nepali Congress The Nepali Congress ( ne, नेपाली कांग्रेस ; abbr. NC) is the largest social democratic political party in Nepal. As per the results of recent local election, ''Nepali Congress'' stands as the single largest party of ...

, CPN (Maoist Centre), CPN (Unified Socialist),

People's Socialist Party, Nepal The People's Socialist Party, Nepal ( abbr. PSP-N; ne, जनता समाजवादी पार्टी, नेपाल), also known as Janata Samajbadi Party is the sixth-largest political party in Nepal. Since the 2022 local electio ...

and

Rastriya Janamorcha Rastriya Janamorcha ( ne, राष्ट्रिय जनमोर्चा, lit=National People's Front) is a political party in Nepal. It was originally founded in 1995 as the legal front of Communist Party of Nepal (Masal). Former Deputy P ...

announced that they would jointly contest the local elections in some local units in the country. Sirjana Singh of

was announced as the candidate of the alliance on April 25. She is the wife of former deputy Prime Minister and MP

Prakash Man Singh Prakash Man Singh ( ne, प्रकाश मान सिंह) is a Nepalese politician and a leader of the Nepali Congress. He is the son of political stalwart Ganesh Man Singh. He has also served as the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister o ...

. She is also a former chairperson of Nepal Woman Association. Rameshwar Shrestha from the CPN (Unified Socialist) was announced as the candidate of deputy mayor from the alliance.

Balendra Shah

Rapper and structural engineer Balendra Shah announced his candidacy as an

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on 17 December 2021.

Other parties and candidates

Opinion polls

Exit polls

Results

Mayoral election

Ward results

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Summary of results by ward

''Note: 4 candidates (1 from Nepali Congress and 3 from CPN-UML) for Ward Members were elected unopposed under Dalit woman reserved seats. 2 Ward Member seats reserved for Dalit women were left unfilled due to lack of candidates''

Results for municipal executive election

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 elected five female members and three members from the

or minority community to the

using single non-transferable vote.

Municipal Assembly composition

Results

Municipal Executive composition

References

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Background

Candidates

CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

Nepali Congress

Balendra Shah

Other parties and candidates

Opinion polls

Exit polls

Results

Mayoral election

Ward results

Summary of results by ward

Results for municipal executive election

Municipal Assembly composition

Results

Municipal Executive composition

See also

References