2022 Birgunj municipal election

Municipal election for Birgunj took place on 13 May 2022, with all 162 positions up for election across 32 wards. The electorate elected a mayor, a deputy mayor, 32 ward chairs and 128 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.

Background
Birgunj was established as a municipality in 1953. The metropolitan city was formed in 2017 after incorporating neighboring village development committees into Birgunj sub-metropolitan city. 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, Vijay Kumar Sarawagi from Federal Socialist Forum was elected as the first mayor of the metropolitan city.

Ward results


! colspan="2" style="text-align:centre;" | Party ! Chairman ! Members ! colspan="2" style="text-align:right;" | Total ! 32 ! 128
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 * style="text-align:left;" |People's Socialist Party, Nepal
 * style="text-align:center;" | 13
 * style="text-align:center;" | 56
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 * style="text-align:left;" |Nepali Congress
 * style="text-align:center;" | 9
 * style="text-align:center;" | 37
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 * style="text-align:left;" |CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
 * style="text-align:center;" | 8
 * style="text-align:center;" | 32
 * style="background-color:#00aa44;" |
 * style="text-align:left;" |Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal
 * style="text-align:center;" | 2
 * style="text-align:center;" | 3
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 * style="text-align:left;" |Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal
 * style="text-align:center;" | 2
 * style="text-align:center;" | 3
 * }

Results for municipal executive election
The municipal executive consists of the mayor, who is also the chair of the municipal executive, the deputy mayor and ward chairs from each ward. The members of the municipal assembly will elect five female members and three members from the Dalit and minority community to the municipal executive.