2017 Kathmandu municipal election  Municipal election for Kathmandu, capital of Nepal was held on May 14, 2017 for the position of Mayor, a Deputy Mayor, 32 Ward Chairmen and Ward Members. All positions are for a period of 5 years. A secondary election is to be held for municipal executive which will elect 5 women from the elected ward members and 3 members who must be from the Dalit and minority community. The electorate for this election will the 159 members chosen direct election. Elections were last held in 2006 and since then the city has been without an elected executive. With the passing of a new constitution, a commission was formed to restructure the existing local levels into more powerful and autonomous local bodies. The city limits of Kathmandu remained unchanged during this restructuring but the number of wards was decreased from 35 to 32. Electors in each ward will elect a ward chairman and 4 ward members. Out of 4 ward members, 2 must be female and one of the 2 females must belong to the Dalit community. Shakya is a former ward chairman and will be supported by Rastriya Prajatantra Party in exchange for support to the Deputy-mayor candidate Rajaram Shrestha. Shakya is the current secretary of CPN-UML's Kathmandu District Committee. He won the ward chairperson post in then Ward No. 21 in 1992 and 1997 local elections. Sarbottam Dangol is a former student leader who was detained for two years without charge or trial in 1985, including two months of incommunicado detention. He took part in Constituent Assembly Election, 2008 as a candidate from Kathmandu Constituency no. 8 and became third with 6,573 votes. Thapa is a former civil servant who retired from the post of Secretary. He is currently standing as an independent candidate but is associated with Sajha Party Nepal founded by former BBC reporter Rabindra Mishra. Neupane is a central committee member and media coordinator of Bibeksheel Nepali party. She was elected as central member by first general convention of the party in late 2015. Summary of Kathmandu mayoral election, 2017 ! colspan="2" style="text-align:centre;" | Party ! style="width: 108pt;" |Candidate ! style="width: 40pt;" |Votes ! style="width: 30pt;" |% !colspan=3 align=left|Invalid/blank votes|| 29,941 || 15.18 !colspan=3 align=left|Total|| 197,227|| 100 ! colspan=3 align=left|Registered voters/turnout|| 271,221 || 72.72  Summary of Kathmandu deputy-mayoral election, 2017 ! colspan="2" style="text-align:centre;" | Party ! style="width: 108pt;" |Candidate ! style="width: 40pt;" |Votes ! style="width: 30pt;" |% !colspan=3 align=left|Invalid/blank votes|| 76,464 || 38.77 !colspan=3 align=left|Total|| 197,227|| 100 ! colspan=3 align=left|Registered voters/turnout|| 271,221 || 72.72  Summary of Partywise Ward chairman and Ward member seats won, 2017 ! colspan="2" style="text-align:centre;" | Party !