Editing Elections in Nepal (section)

== Local elections ==
{{See also|List of cities in Nepal|List of gaupalikas of Nepal}}
Elections are held for the municipal executive and municipal assemblies in [[List of cities in Nepal|municipalities]] and for the village executive and village assemblies in [[List of gaupalikas of Nepal|rural municipalities]]. The local executive consists of the elected mayor (or chair in rural municipalities), the deputy mayor (or the deputy chair in rural municipalities) and ward chairs of every ward in the local unit elected through [[first-past-the-post voting]] and, five female members (four in rural municipalities) and three members of the [[Dalit]] or minority community (two in rural municipalities) elected by the local assembly through [[single non-transferable vote]].<ref>{{Cite constitution|article=215-216|section=17|polity=Nepal|date=20 September 2015}}</ref> The assembly consists of the mayor (chair in the case of village assemblies), the deputy mayor (deputy chair in village assemblies), ward chais and four members from each ward of the municipality or rural municipality. Two ward members must be female, one of whom must belong to the [[Dalit|dalit community]] or a [[minority group]]. All elections to the village assembly are held on the basis of [[first past the post system]].<ref>{{Cite constitution|article=222-223|section=18|polity=Nepal|date=20 September 2015}}</ref>
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!Year<ref name=":1" />
!Date
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|1983 local panchayat elections
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|1987 local panchayat elections
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|1992 local elections
|28 and 31 May 1992
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|1997 local elections
|17 and 26 May 1997
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|2006 municipal elections
|8 February 2006
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|[[2017 Nepalese local elections|2017 local elections]]
|14 May, 28 June and 18 September 2017
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|[[2022 Nepalese local elections|2022 local elections]]
|13 May 2022
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