2017 Nepalese local elections

The 2017 Nepalese local elections were held in Nepal in three phases on 14 May, 28 June and 18 September in 6 metropolitan cities, 11 sub-metropolitan cities, 276 municipalities and 460 rural municipalities. It was the first local level election to be held since the promulgation of the 2015 constitution.

Background Local elections were held in 53 municipalities in February 2006 under regime of King Gyanendra but were boycotted by the major political parties and saw low voter turnout. Prior to 2006, the previous elections was held in 1997 with a mandate of five years. Elections were supposed to be held on 2002 but were delayed due to the then ongoing Nepal Civil War.

With the promulgation of the new constitution in 2015, a three-tier governance system was introduced, with national, provincial and local levels of governance. A Local Body Restructuring Commission was established as required by the constitution under the chairmanship of Balananda Paudel. The commission proposed 719 local structures which was revised to 753 by the government. The new local levels were formed by changing the existing cities and village development council and came into existence on 10 March 2017.

Electoral system Local levels will have a Chairperson/Mayor and a Deputy chairperson/mayor. Local levels are further subdivided into wards which will have a ward chairperson and 4 members. Out of the 4 members 2 must be female. All terms are for a total of 5 years. The elections are direct in nature and with the one getting the most ballots is declared the winner.

Local Level Type Choice Metropolitan City One Mayor, One Deputy Mayor, One Ward Chairman, 4 Ward members Sub Metropolitan City One Mayor, One Deputy Mayor, One Ward Chairman, 4 Ward members Municipality One Mayor, One Deputy Mayor, One Ward Chairman, 4 Ward members Rural Municipality One Head, One Deputy Head, One Ward Chairman, 4 Ward members

Results Overall Results

! colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | Parties ! Mayor/Chairman ! Deputy Mayor/Chairman ! Ward Chairman ! Ward Member |- | style="background-color:;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) | style="text-align:center;" | 294 | style="text-align:center;" | 331 | style="text-align:center;" | 2,560 | style="text-align:center;" | 10,912 |- | style="background-color:;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Nepali Congress | style="text-align:center;" | 266 | style="text-align:center;" | 223 | style="text-align:center;" | 2,286 | style="text-align:center;" | 8,679 |- | bgcolor= | | style="text-align:left;" | Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) | style="text-align:center;" | 106 | style="text-align:center;" | 111 | style="text-align:center;" | 1,102 | style="text-align:center;" | 4,123 |- | style="background-color:#FFC0CB;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal | style="text-align:center;" | 34 | style="text-align:center;" | 32 | style="text-align:center;" | 262 | style="text-align:center;" | 1,111 |- |bgcolor="FFb300" | | style="text-align:left;" | Rastriya Janata Party Nepal | style="text-align:center;" | 25 | style="text-align:center;" | 30 | style="text-align:center;" | 195 | style="text-align:center;" | 862 |- | style="background-color:lightgreen;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Nepal Loktantrik Forum | style="text-align:center;" | 9 | style="text-align:center;" | 8 | style="text-align:center;" | 88 | style="text-align:center;" | 356 |- | style="background-color:;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Independents | style="text-align:center;" | 6 | style="text-align:center;" | 5 | style="text-align:center;" | 91 | style="text-align:center;" | 131 |- | style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | style="text-align:center;" | 5 | style="text-align:center;" | 7 | style="text-align:center;" | 59 | style="text-align:center;" | 214 |- |bgcolor=#9ACD32| | style="text-align:left;" | Rastriya Janamorcha | style="text-align:center;" | 3 | style="text-align:center;" | 4 | style="text-align:center;" | 33 | style="text-align:center;" | 146 |- | style="background-color:crimson;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Naya Shakti Party, Nepal | style="text-align:center;" | 2 | style="text-align:center;" | 1 | style="text-align:center;" | 22 | style="text-align:center;" | 91 |- |bgcolor=#0000FF| | style="text-align:left;" | Nepali Janata Dal | style="text-align:center;" | 2 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 7 | style="text-align:center;" | 30 |- |bgcolor=#FF8080| | style="text-align:left;" | Nepal Workers' and Peasants' Party | style="text-align:center;" | 1 | style="text-align:center;" | 1 | style="text-align:center;" | 22 | style="text-align:center;" | 75 |- | style="background-color:darkblue;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Bahujan Shakti Party | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 8 | style="text-align:center;" | 34 |- |bgcolor=#1E90FF| | style="text-align:left;" | Rastriya Janamukti Party | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 3 | style="text-align:center;" | 17 |- |bgcolor=#4682B4 | | style="text-align:left;" | Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Democratic) | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 2 | style="text-align:center;" | 5 |- |bgcolor=#FFFFFF| | style="text-align:left;" | Federal Democratic National Forum | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 1 | style="text-align:center;" | 6 |- |bgcolor=#B03020| | style="text-align:left;" | Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist) | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 1 | style="text-align:center;" | 3 |- | style="background-color:#00FFFF;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Nepal Pariwar Dal | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 1 |- ! colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | Total ! 753 ! 753 ! 6,742 ! 26,790

Results by province

Province No. 1

! colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | Parties ! Mayor/Head ! Deputy Mayor/Head ! Ward Chair ! Ward Member |- | style="background-color:;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) | style="text-align:center;" | 69 | style="text-align:center;" | 85 | style="text-align:center;" | 554 | style="text-align:center;" | 2511 |- | style="background-color:;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Nepali Congress | style="text-align:center;" | 51 | style="text-align:center;" | 38 | style="text-align:center;" | 418 | style="text-align:center;" | 1492 |- | style="background-color:darkred;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) | style="text-align:center;" | 9 | style="text-align:center;" | 7 | style="text-align:center;" | 114 | style="text-align:center;" | 388 |- | style="background-color:lightgreen;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Nepal Loktantrik Forum | style="text-align:center;" | 3 | style="text-align:center;" | 4 | style="text-align:center;" | 20 | style="text-align:center;" | 80 |- |bgcolor=#FFD700 | | style="text-align:left;" | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | style="text-align:center;" | 3 | style="text-align:center;" | 1 | style="text-align:center;" | 9 | style="text-align:center;" | 26 |- | style="background-color:#FFC0CB;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Federal Socialist Forum Nepal | style="text-align:center;" | 2 | style="text-align:center;" | 2 | style="text-align:center;" | 28 | style="text-align:center;" | 106 |- | style="background-color:;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Independents | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 8 | style="text-align:center;" | 10

Province No. 2

! colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | Parties ! Mayor/Head ! Deputy Mayor/Head ! Ward Chair ! Ward Member |- | style="background-color:;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Nepali Congress | style="text-align:center;" | 40 | style="text-align:center;" | 35 | style="text-align:center;" | 338 | style="text-align:center;" | 1111 |- | style="background-color:#FFC0CB;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Federal Socialist Forum Nepal | style="text-align:center;" | 26 | style="text-align:center;" | 25 | style="text-align:center;" | 191 | style="text-align:center;" | 815 |- |bgcolor="FFb300" | | style="text-align:left;" | Rastriya Janata Party Nepal | style="text-align:center;" | 25 | style="text-align:center;" | 30 | style="text-align:center;" | 195 | style="text-align:center;" | 862 |- | style="background-color:darkred;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) | style="text-align:center;" | 21 | style="text-align:center;" | 24 | style="text-align:center;" | 230 | style="text-align:center;" | 853 |- | style="background-color:;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) | style="text-align:center;" | 18 | style="text-align:center;" | 19 | style="text-align:center;" | 230 | style="text-align:center;" | 983 |- | style="background-color:lightgreen;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Nepal Loktantrik Forum | style="text-align:center;" | 3 | style="text-align:center;" | 3 | style="text-align:center;" | 32 | style="text-align:center;" | 128 |- |bgcolor=#0000FF| | style="text-align:left;" | Nepali Janata Dal | style="text-align:center;" | 2 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 7 | style="text-align:center;" | 30

| style="background-color:crimson;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Naya Shakti Party, Nepal | style="text-align:center;" | 1 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 5 | style="text-align:center;" | 16 |- | style="background-color:;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Independents | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 32 | style="text-align:center;" | 26 |- |bgcolor=#FFD700 | | style="text-align:left;" | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 6 | style="text-align:center;" | 22 |- | style="background-color:#1E90FF;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Rastriya Janamukti Party | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 2 | style="text-align:center;" | 6 |- |bgcolor=#4682B4 | | style="text-align:left;" | Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Democratic) | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 2 | style="text-align:center;" | 5 |- | style="background-color:darkblue;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Bahujan Shakti Party | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 1 | style="text-align:center;" | 4 |-

2017 Nepalese local elections

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