| Election Name: | 2022 Dhangadhi municipal elections |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2017 Dhangadhi municipal election |
| Previous Year: | 2017 |
| Next Election: | 2027 Dhangadhi municipal elections |
| Next Year: | 2027 |
| Election Date: | 13 May 2022 |
| Seats For Election: | 97 seats to Dhangadhi Sub-Metropolitan City Council |
| Majority Seats: | 49 |
| Candidate1: | Gopal Hamal |
| Party1: | Independent politician |
| Popular Vote1: | 26,865 |
| Percentage1: | 51.8% |
| Candidate2: | Nrip Bahadur Wad |
| Party2: | Nepali Congress |
| Popular Vote2: | 14,817 |
| Percentage2: | 28.6% |
| Image3: | 80px |
| Candidate3: | Rana Bahadur Chand |
| Party3: | Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
| Popular Vote3: | 9,115 |
| Percentage3: | 17.6% |
| Map Size: | 150px |
| Mayor | |
| Posttitle: | Elected Mayor |
| Before Election: | Nrip Bahadur Wad |
| Before Party: | Nepali Congress |
| After Election: | Gopal Hamal |
| After Party: | Independent politician |
Municipal election for Dhangadhi took place on 13 May 2022, with all 97 positions up for election across 19 wards.[1] [2] The electorate elected a mayor, a deputy mayor, 19 ward chairs and 76 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.[3] [4]
Independent candidate Gopal Hamal was elected mayor of the sub-metropolitan city defeating incumbent mayor Nrip Bahadur Wad of the Nepali Congress. Congress however regained control of the council.[5]
Dhangadhi was established in 1976 as a municipality. The sub-metropolitan city was created in 2015 by incorporating neighboring village development committees into Dhangadhi municipality.[6] 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.[7]
In the previous election, Nrip Bahadur Wad from Nepali Congress was elected as mayor.[8]
| Party | Mayor candidate | Deputy Mayor candidate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nepali Congress | Nrip Bahadur Wad[9] | |||
| Independent | Gopal Hamal[10] | |||
| Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Durga Dutt Pant[11] | |||
| CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Rana Bahadur Chand | Kandakala Rana Tharu | ||
| CPN (Maoist Centre) | Shanti Adhikari | |||
| People's Socialist Party, Nepal | Kalendra Airee | |||
| Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal | Basanta Bahadur Bishwakarma | |||
| Nagarik Unmukti Party | Nim Kumar Chaudhary | Sabitra Chaudhary | ||
| Date | News agency | Sample size | Gopal Hamal | Nrip Bahadur Wad | Rana Bahadur Chand | None | Undecided | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 May 2022 | Setopati[12] | 100 | 39 | 31 | 12 | 14 | 4 | Hung |
| 39% | 31% | 21% | 14% | 4% |
|-! colspan="2" style="text-align:centre;" | Party! Chairman! Members|-| style="background-color:;" || style="text-align:left;" |Nepali Congress| style="text-align:center;" | 11| style="text-align:center;" | 48|-| style="background-color:;" || style="text-align:left;" |CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)| style="text-align:center;" | 6| style="text-align:center;" | 24|-| style="background-color:;" || style="text-align:left;" |CPN (Maoist Centre)| style="text-align:center;" | 2| style="text-align:center;" | 4|-! colspan="2" style="text-align:right;" | Total! 19! 76|}
| Party | Mayor | Deputy Mayor | Ward Chairman | Ward Members | Total seats | Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Nepali Congress | 11 | 48 | 59 | Majority | ||||
| Communist Party of Nepal (UML) | 6 | 24 | 30 | |||||
| CPN (Maoist Centre) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | ||||
| Total | 1 | 1 | 19 | 76 | 97 | 49 for Majority | ||