2017 Rajbiraj municipal election
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18 September 2017[1]
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85 seats to Rajbiraj Municipal City Council 43 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2017 Municipal election for Rajbiraj was held on 18 September 2017, to elect a mayor, a deputy mayor, sixteen ward chairperson and ward members. All positions were elected for a period of five years.[2] A secondary election was held for the municipal executives which elected five women from the elected ward members and three members from the Dalit and minority community. The electorate for this election was for the 82 members chosen by direct election.[3] Rastriya Janata Party Nepal mayoral candidate Shambhu Prasad Yadav was elected as a Mayor of Rajbiraj by securing 4,774 votes.[4][5]
The last municipal elections were held in 53 municipalities on 8 February 2006[6] under regime of King Gyanendra but were boycotted by the major political parties and saw low voter turnout.[7]Later, the 2006 municipal election was nullified and declared illegitimate by the political parties and other states.[8][9]Therefore, the last local elections was held in 1997.[10][11] Since then, the municipality has been without an elected executive. With the passing of a new constitution in 2015, a commission was formed to restructure the existing local levels into more powerful and autonomous local bodies. The city limits of Rajbiraj were changed during this restructuring and the number of wards was increased from 10 to 16. Electors in each ward will elect a ward chairperson and 4 ward members. Out of 4 ward members, 2 must be female and one of the 2 females must belong to the Dalit community.[12]
Voters
Election Commission of Nepal is the responsible body to update and publish the final electoral rolls before the election in Nepal.[13] The election commission had published the final voter list for the local level election on 20 August, 2017. There is a total of 32,035 registered voters who can cast their vote in Rajbiraj municipal election.[14] The electoral details for the 2017 Rajbiraj municipal election:
| Men | Women | Third gender | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15028 | 17005 | 2 | 32035 |
Election schedule
On 5 September 2017, the Election commission of Nepal announced the election schedule for the local election.
| S.N. | Activities | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Candidate nomination registration | 2017 September 06 |
| 2 | Publication of nominated candidate list | 2017 September 06 |
| 3 | Complaining against a candidate | 2017 September 07 |
| 4 | Scrutiny of nomination | 2017 September 07-08 |
| 5 | Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination | 2017 September 08 |
| 6 | Publication of final candidate list | 2017 September 08 |
| 7 | Provide election symbols to candidates | 2017 September 09 |
| 8 | Election day | 2017 September 18 |
| Date of Counting of Votes | Immediately after completion of election | |
| Source: Election Commission of Nepal[14] | ||
Issues
- Urban Planning & Development
- Sanitation
- Women Safety[15]
Candidates
Mayor Candidates
Shambhu Prasad Yadav
Shambhu Prasad Yadav, a builder and politician is contesting for the Mayoral post in local level elections from Rastriya Janata Party Nepal.[16]
Bhimraj Yadav
Bhimraj Yadav is one of the popular builder, social activist and politician from Rajbiraj, is the candidate from Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal[16]
Anish Ansari
Anish Ansari, former state minister and mayor is the candidate from CPN-MC.[17]
Sailesh Chaudhary
Sailesh Kumar Chaudhary is former mayor of Rajbiraj Municipality is the candidate from Nepal Loktantrik Forum.[17]
Voters turnout
Results
Mayoral election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJPN | Shambhu Prasad Yadav | 4,774 | 23.88% | New | |
| Forum Nepal | Bhimraj Yadav | 4,759 | 23.81% | New | |
| Maoist Centre | Anish Ansari | 3,316 | 16.59% | New | |
| Nepal Loktantrik Forum | Sailesh Kumar Chaudhary | 2,507 | 12.54% | New | |
| Congress | Dhruva Prasad Dev | 2,110 | 10.56% | New | |
| CPN (UML) | Sukhram Yadav | 2,027 | 10.14% | New | |
| Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Sailendra Kumar Sah | 179 | 0.90% | New | |
| NSP | Mina Thakur | 151 | 0.76% | New | |
| RPP | Amit Kumar Yadav | 78 | 0.39% | New | |
| Others | 88 | 0.44% | |||
| Total votes | 19,989 | 100.0% | |||
| RJPN hold | |||||
Deputy-Mayoral election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJPN | Sadhana Jha | 5,195 | 27.36% | New | |
| Forum Nepal | Kiran Kumari Sah | 4,269 | 22.48% | New | |
| CPN (UML) | Mamta Kumari Chaudhary | 2,912 | 15.34% | New | |
| Maoist Centre | Sumitra Kumari Yadav | 2,704 | 14.24% | New | |
| Congress | Sushila Kumari Yadav | 2,072 | 10.91% | New | |
| Nepal Loktantrik Forum | Pabani Devi Khang | 1,458 | 7.68% | New | |
| NSP | Anant Lal Sah | 157 | 0.83% | New | |
| Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Laxmi Chaurasiya | 135 | 0.71% | New | |
| RPP | Mandira Pariyar | 87 | 0.46% | New | |
| Total votes | 18,989 | 100.0% | |||
| RJPN hold | |||||