# 2022 Butwal municipal election

Municipal election for Butwal took place on 13 May 2022, with all 97 positions up for election across 19 wards. 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.
Khel Raj Pandey from Nepali Congress was elected as mayor of the sub-metropolitan city.

## Background

Butwal was established in 1959 as a municipality. The sub-metropolitan city was created in 2014 by incorporating neighboring village development committees into Butwal municipality. 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, Shiva Raj Subedi from CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) was elected as mayor.

## Candidates

| Party | Mayor candidate |
| Nepali Congress | Khel Raj Pandey |
| Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Mrigendra Sherchan |
| CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Baburam Bhattarai |

## Opinion Poll

| Date | News agency | Sample size | Khel Raj Pandey | Baburam Bhattarai | Mrigendra Sherchan | Undecided | Result |
| 10 May 2022 | Setopati | 80 | 25 | 21 | 17 | 17 | Hung |
| 10 May 2022 | Setopati | 80 | 31% | 26% | 21% | 21% | Hung |

## Exit polls

| Date | Pollster | Bhattarai | Pandey | Sherchan | Others | Lead |
| Date | Pollster | UML | Congress | RPP | Others | Lead |
| 13 May 2022 | Facts Nepal | 50.8% | 38.1% | 10.2% | 0.8% | 12.7% |

## Results
### Mayoral election

Mayoral elections result :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Congress | Khel Raj Pandey | 30,249 | 52.3% | +6.9% |
| | CPN (UML) | Baburam Bhattarai | 22,718 | 39.3% | −11.3% |
| | RPP | Mrigendra Kumar Sherchan | 4,379 | 7.6% | +7.2% |
| | Others | | 450 | 0.8% | |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 57,796 | 100.0% | |
| | Congress gain from CPN (UML) | Congress gain from CPN (UML) | Swing | +9.1% | |
Deputy mayoral elections result :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPN (UML) | Sabitra Devi Arya | 25,061 | 50.8% | −8.8% |
| | Unified Socialist | Chin Bahadur Gurung | 17,023 | 34.5% | New |
| | RPP | Bhagwati Pandey | 6,820 | 13.8% | +12.5% |
| | Others | | 394 | 0.8% | |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 49,298 | 100.0% | |
| | CPN (UML) hold | CPN (UML) hold | CPN (UML) hold | CPN (UML) hold | CPN (UML) hold |

### Ward results

Summary of Partywise Ward chairman and Ward member seats won, 2022 :
| Party | Party | Chairman | Members |
| | Nepali Congress | 12 | 53 |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) | 5 | 22 |
| | CPN (Unified Socialist) | 1 | 0 |
| | Rastriya Janamukti Party | 0 | 1 |
| | Independent | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 19 | 76 |

#### Summary of Results by ward

* Position
* Chairman
* Open Member
* Open Member
* Female Member
* Female Dalit Member
* Source: Election Commission |||||||||||||||||||

## Council formation

| Party | Party | Mayor | Deputy Mayor | Ward Chairman | Ward Members | Total seats | Remarks |
| | Nepali Congress | 1 | | 12 | 53 | 66 | Majority |
| | Communist Party of Nepal (UML) | | 1 | 5 | 22 | 28 | |
| | CPN (Unified Socialist) | | | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| | Rastriya Janamukti Party | | | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| | Independent | | | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Total | Total | 1 | 1 | 19 | 76 | 97 | 49 for Majority |