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Municipal election for Mechinagar took place on 13 May 2022, with all 77 positions up for election across 15 wards. The electorate elected a mayor, a deputy mayor, 15 ward chairs and 60 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
Mechinagar municipality was created by combining Dhulabari (धुलाबारी) and Kakarbhitta Village Development Committee. The municipality has expanded its territory by adding nearby VDCs Bahundangi, Duhagadhi, Jyamirgadhi and Dhaijan in 2073 BS (2017 AD). The population of the expanded city is 111,737 (as of the 2011 census) and its area is 192.52 sq. km. The municipality is the municipality with the highest population in the country.

In the previous election, Bimal Acharya from Nepali Congress  was elected mayor.

Mayoral election
! colspan="2" style="text-align:centre;" | Party ! style="width: 150pt;" |Candidate ! style="width: 40pt;" |Votes ! style="width: 30pt;" |% !colspan=3 align=left|Invalid/blank votes||26921|| !colspan=3 align=left|Total||63,281 || 100 !
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 * style="text-align:left;" |CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)
 * style="text-align:left;"| Gopal Chandra Budhathoki
 * 26,678
 * 53.35%
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 * style="text-align:left;" |Nepali Congress
 * style="text-align:left;"| Indra Bahadur Budhathoki
 * 21,311
 * 42.62%
 * style="background-color:;" |
 * style="text-align:left;" |Rastriya Prajatantra Party
 * style="text-align:left;"|Ramesh Dahal
 * 3,895
 * 7.79%
 * style="text-align:left;" |Others
 * style="text-align:left;"|
 * 2207
 * 4.41
 * style="text-align:left;" |Others
 * style="text-align:left;"|
 * 2207
 * 4.41
 * 4.41
 * }

! colspan="2" style="text-align:centre;" | Party ! style="width: 150pt;" |Candidate ! style="width: 40pt;" |Votes ! style="width: 30pt;" |% !colspan=3 align=left|Invalid/blank votes||26921|| !colspan=3 align=left|Total||63,281 || 100 !
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 * style="text-align:left;" |CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)
 * style="text-align:left;"| Mina Kumari Pokharel
 * 21,590
 * 43.18
 * style="background-color:;" |
 * style="text-align:left;" |CPN ( Maoist Center)
 * style="text-align:left;"| Prakash Bhandari
 * 12,818
 * 25.63%
 * style="background-color:;" |
 * style="text-align:left;" |Rastriya Prajatantra Party
 * style="text-align:left;"| Sabina Bajgain
 * 9880
 * 19.76
 * style="background-color:; |
 * style="text-align:left;" |Independent
 * style="text-align:left;"| Dilli Ram Ghimire
 * 1199
 * 2.39
 * style="text-align:left;" |Others
 * style="text-align:left;"|
 * 2656
 * 5.31
 * style="text-align:left;" |Others
 * style="text-align:left;"|
 * 2656
 * 5.31
 * style="text-align:left;"|
 * 2656
 * 5.31


 * }

Ward results
! colspan="2" style="text-align:centre;" | Party ! Chairperson ! Members ! colspan="2" style="text-align:right;" | Total ! 15 ! 60
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 * style="text-align:left;" |Nepali Congress
 * style="text-align:center;" |3
 * style="text-align:center;" |5
 * style="background-color:;" |
 * style="text-align:left;" |CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)
 * style="text-align:center;" |11
 * style="text-align:center;" |55
 * style="background-color:;" |
 * style="text-align:left;" |CPN (Maoist Centre)
 * style="text-align:center;" | 3
 * style="text-align:center;" | 0
 * style="background-color:;" |
 * style="text-align:left;" |CPN (Unified Socialist)
 * style="text-align:center;" | 0
 * style="text-align:center;" | 0
 * style="background-color:;" |
 * style="text-align:left;" |Rastriya Prajatantra Party
 * style="text-align:center;" | 0
 * style="text-align:center;" | 0
 * style="background-color:;" |
 * style="text-align:left;" |Rastriya Prajatantra Party
 * style="text-align:center;" | 0
 * style="text-align:center;" | 0
 * style="text-align:center;" | 0
 * }

Summary of results by ward
'' Note: 1 candidate from CPN (UML) for Ward Member was elected unopposed under Dalit woman reserved seats. 10 ward member seats reserved for Dalit women were left unfilled due to lack of candidates. '