2022 Dharan municipal election

2022 Dharan municipal elections
13 May 2022
102 seats to Dharan Sub-Metropolitan City Council
52 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Candidate Harka Raj Rai Kishore Rai
Party Independent Congress
Popular vote 20,821 16,051
Percentage 39.8% 30.7%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Candidate Manju Bhandari Subedi Naresh Kumar Shakya
Party CPN (UML) RPP
Popular vote 12,825 1,488
Percentage 24.5% 2.8%
Mayor before election

Tilak Rai
Congress

 Elected Mayor

Harka Raj Rai
Independent

Municipal election for Dharan took place on 13 May 2022, with all 102 positions up for election across 20 wards. 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.

Independent candidate Harka Raj Rai was elected as the mayor of the sub-metropolitan city.

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