Municipal election for Birgunj took place on 13 May 2022, with all 162 positions up for election across 32 wards. The electorate elected a mayor, a deputy mayor, 32 ward chairs and 128 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.
Background
Birgunj was established as a municipality in 1953. The metropolitan city was formed in 2017 after incorporating neighboring village development committees into Birgunj sub-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 Dalit community.
In the previous election, Vijay Kumar Sarawagi from Federal Socialist Forum was elected as the first mayor of the metropolitan city.
Candidates PartyMayor candidateDeputy Mayor candidatePeople's Socialist Party, NepalRajesh Man SinghNepali CongressImtiaz Alam CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Vijay Kumar SarawagiLoktantrik Samajwadi Party, NepalPurushottam Lal JhaRastriya Prajatantra PartyGirish GiriBina JaiswalNepal Majdoor Kisan PartyGokarna Prasad KoiriBahujan Shakti PartyLaxmi HajaraNepal Sadbhawana PartyBijay Kumar Rauniyar Janamat PartyDinesh RamAnita DeviIndependentRajesh SinghIndependentKailash Prasad SarrafIndependentFeroz AlamIndependentMohammad Hafiz MiyaIndependentBhola PatelIndependentMohammad Jya-ul-haq HawariIndependentMohammad Sagir AliIndependentRizwan AliIndependentBikki Raj PatelIndependentMohammad Riyaz-ul-haqIndependentRajendra Prasad Singh BhumiharIndependentSanjeev Kumar YadavIndependentRadheshyam SahIndependentAjay Kumar KurmiIndependentSasuddin MiyaIndependentSatrudhan Prasad KurmiIndependentSunil Kumar KalwarIndependentBrijmohan Prasad ChaurasiyaIndependentSumit Kumar SinghIndependentKoshila Devi KanuinIndependentJamil Ray BhatIndependentPrabhat SinghIndependentRoz Miya AnsariIndependentRambha MishraIndependentBirendra SahIndependentDinesh Kumar KushwahaIndependentRambabu Mahato NuniyaIndependentDipak Prasad Patel
Exit polls DatePollsterSinghSarawagiGiriOthersLeadPSP-NUMLRPP 13 May 2022Facts Nepal74.9%14.7%0.4%9.9% 60.2%
Mayoral results
Ward results
! colspan="2" style="text-align:centre;" | Party ! Chairman ! Members
| style="text-align:left;" |People's Socialist Party, Nepal | style="text-align:center;" | 13 | style="text-align:center;" | 56
| style="text-align:left;" |Nepali Congress | style="text-align:center;" | 9 | style="text-align:center;" | 37
| style="text-align:left;" |CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | style="text-align:center;" | 8 | style="text-align:center;" | 32
| style="text-align:left;" |Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal | style="text-align:center;" | 2 | style="text-align:center;" | 3 |- ! colspan="2" style="text-align:right;" | Total ! 32 ! 128
Summary of results by ward Ward No.Ward ChairWard MembersOpenOpen 2FemaleFemale Dalit1 Manoj Raut Kurmi 2Mohammad Riyaz Miya Teli3 Baijulal Swarnakar 4Jagat Prasad Sah Kanu5 Pradeep Kumar 6 Jayprakash Shah Agrawal7Harikaji Maharjan8 Ritesh Kumar Gupta 9Jwahar Prasad Gupta10 Sushil Kumar Kanu 11 Ajay Kumar Baire 12 Suresh Prasad Gupta 13 Hira Lal Giri 14 Mahboob Ailahi Ansari 15 Ramesh Prasad Yadav 16 Prashuram Kumar Chaursiya 17 Sanjib Bahadur Chhetri 18 Umesh Shankar Tiwari 19Mukesh Kumar Chaursiya 20 Ramkishore Singh 21 Radha Krishna Sah Rauniyar 22Dwarika Mahato23 Abadh Kishore Prasad Kushwaha 24 Bijay Prasad Kurmi 25 Ashutosh Chaturdevi 26Shambhu Mishra27Hridaya Narayan Prasad Kurmi28Saryug Mahato Dhanuk29 Dharmendra Prasad Mahato Tharu 30 Manoj Kumar Yadav 31 Jitendra Prasad Yadav 32 Riyaz Ahmed Miya
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 will elect five female members and three members from the Dalit and minority community to the municipal executive.
Municipal Assembly composition PartyMembers People's Socialist Party, Nepal70Nepali Congress47 CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)40Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal5Total162
Results CategoryCandidatePartyVotesFemale MemberRabulsan Khatun rowspan="2" People's Socialist Party114Devi Rajputin113Nitu Kumari Ram rowspan="3" Nepali Congress111Kanika Kaushik109Radhadevi Karki109Manju Devi rowspan="4" CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)46Sangita Devi46Amari Devi Chamar45Kanti Devi45Patiya DeviLoktantrik Samajwadi Party43Dalit/Minority MemberNiranjan Prasad Sonar rowspan="2" People's Socialist Party110Khairuddin Miya Dhobi108Kanhaiya PrasadNepali Congress107Om Prakash Sah rowspan="3" CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)48Raj Kishore Gupta47Ajay Kumar Gupta47
Municipal Executive composition PartyMembers People's Socialist Party, Nepal18Nepali Congress14 CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)8Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal2Total42
See also
2022 Nepalese local elections
References