2022 Nepalese local elections

2022 Nepalese local elections
13 May 2022
6 Metropolitan Cities
11 Sub-Metropolitan Cities
276 Municipalities
460 Rural Municipalities
Turnout70.96% ( 3.20pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Sher Bahadur Deuba KP Sharma Oli Pushpa Kamal Dahal
Party Congress CPN (UML) Maoist Centre
Leader since 7 March 2016 8 March 2021 8 March 2021
Heads 329 206 121
Heads +/– 54 65 15
Ward chairs 2,658 2,132 1,053
Ward chairs +/– 284 428 49
Popular Vote 3,956,193 3,811,602 1,503,247
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Upendra Yadav Madhav Kumar Nepal Mahantha Thakur
Party PSP-Nepal Unified Socialist Loktantrik Samajwadi
Leader since May 2020 18 August 2021 18 August 2021
Heads 30 20 16
Heads +/– 13 1 2
Ward chairs 295 190 103
Ward chairs +/– 11 190 92
Popular Vote 577,380 422,737 255,882
  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
Leader Rajendra Lingden Chitra Bahadur K.C. Ranjita Shrestha
Party RPP Janamorcha Nagrik Unmukti
Leader since 5 December 2021 26 May 2006 3 January 2022
Heads 4 4 4
Heads +/– 1 1 4
Ward chairs 62 26 14
Ward chairs +/– 1 7 14
Popular Vote 363,160 40,491 31,039

The 2022 Nepalese local elections were held on 13 May 2022 in 6 metropolitan cities, 11 sub-metropolitan cities, 276 municipalities and 460 rural municipalities. These were the second set of local-level elections to be held since the promulgation of the new constitution in 2015. From the local election result Nepali Congress has become the single largest party of Nepal followed by CPN (UML) and Maoist Centre.

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