Binod Prasad Shah (CPN-UML) won with 24,139 votes in the Kalaiya Submetropolitan City defeating Rajesh Raya Yadav (Nepali Congress) who secured 18,540 votes in Nepal local elections 2022 (Sthaniya Chunab 2079). According to the Election Commission, Nepal, Kalaiya Submetropolitan City has 70,356 eligible voters.