2022 Janakpur municipal election
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Municipal election for Janakpur took place on 13 May 2022, with all 127 positions up for election across 25 wards.[3][4] The electorate elected a mayor, a deputy mayor, 25 ward chairs and 100 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.[5][6]
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Nepali Congress Janakpur committee president Manoj Kumar Sah who had resigned from the Nepali Congress for short period to file his candidacy defeated the incumbent Lal Kishor Sah from the People's Socialist Party to become mayor.[7] Nepali Congress gained control of the municipal council from Loktantrik Samajwadi Party.[8] He later joined back Congress party on 25 May 2022.[9]