Gopal Hamal

Mayor
Gopal Hamal
Mayor Gopal Hamal
गोपाल हमाल
	Hamal in 2022
Mayor of Dhangadhi
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 22 May 2022
Deputy	Kandakala Kumari Rana
Preceded by	Nrip Bahadur Wad
Personal details
Party	Independent
Occupation	Politician; social activist; businessman;

Gopal Hamal (Nepali: गोपाल हमाल), also known as Gopi Hamal, is a Nepalese politician, social worker, and current mayor of Dhangadhi sub metropolitan city. He announced his candidacy as an independent candidate and won the 2022 election with more than 51 percent of the vote. He has been mayor since May 2022. Prior to this he also contested in 2017 Dhangadhi municipal election, but lost by around 2,700 votes.

Electoral history

2022 Dhangadhi municipal election

Mayoral elections result
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Gopal Hamal	26,865	51.8%	+27.7%
	Congress	Nrip Bahadur Wad	14,817	28.6%	−1.4%
	CPN (UML)	Rana Bahadur Chand	9,115	17.6%	−3.2%
	Nagrik Unmukti	Nim Kumar Chaudhary	805	1.6%	New
	Others		276	0.5%
Total votes			51,878	100.0%
	Independent gain from Congress		Swing	+14.6%

References

↑ "Leading by Example: A Mayor's Mission to Transform Dhangadhi". United Nations Development Programme. 13 April 2023. Archived from the original on 28 July 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
1 2 "Gopal Hamal: A trader-turned-social worker is now the mayor of Dhangadhi". Online Khabar. 25 May 2022. Archived from the original on 2 April 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
↑ "Independent candidate Gopal Hamal wins in Dhangadhi Sub-Metropolitan City". The Kathmandu Post. 22 May 2022. Archived from the original on 28 January 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
↑ बुढा, सविता (18 April 2023). "मेयर हमालको एक वर्षे रिपोर्ट कार्ड". Setopati (in Nepali). Archived from the original on 18 April 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
↑ राउत, स्वेच्छा (7 September 2022). "स्वतन्त्र जितेर चर्चित बनेका धनगढीका मेयर गोपाल हमालसँग एक भेट". BBC News (in Nepali). Archived from the original on 20 July 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2023.

Preceded by

Nrip Bahadur Wad

Mayor of Dhangadhi
2022–present

Incumbent

[1] "Leading by Example: A Mayor's Mission to Transform Dhangadhi". United Nations Development Programme. 13 April 2023. Archived from the original on 28 July 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2023.

[:0-2] 1 2 "Gopal Hamal: A trader-turned-social worker is now the mayor of Dhangadhi". Online Khabar. 25 May 2022. Archived from the original on 2 April 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2023.

[3] "Independent candidate Gopal Hamal wins in Dhangadhi Sub-Metropolitan City". The Kathmandu Post. 22 May 2022. Archived from the original on 28 January 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2023.

[4] बुढा, सविता (18 April 2023). "मेयर हमालको एक वर्षे रिपोर्ट कार्ड". Setopati (in Nepali). Archived from the original on 18 April 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2023.

[5] राउत, स्वेच्छा (7 September 2022). "स्वतन्त्र जितेर चर्चित बनेका धनगढीका मेयर गोपाल हमालसँग एक भेट". BBC News (in Nepali). Archived from the original on 20 July 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2023.