2022 Janakpur municipal election

Being the party of home constituency of former Deputy Prime Minister Bimalendra Nidhi, Nepali Congress stands as strongest party since the splits in Madhesh based parties. The party municipal committee chairman, Manoj Sah has declared to run as independent Mayor candidate with silent support of top level leaders following the disagreement with central decision to forge alliance.[5]

Sah along with municipal committee secretary Lalbabu Mishra, treasurer Birendra Yadav and whole municipal committee resigned again the decision of party chairman Sher Bahadur Deuba to support other party candidate. So a sympathetic vote is expected to swing on Sah as well. He on 22 April 2022, declared that they resigned in coordination and approval of the 25 ward committees of party. He also declared that it was a temporary halt to party politics and he would return to the party after winning the elections.[6][7] Previously, Brikhesh Chandra Lal, Rajdev Mishra and Bajrang Sah have won as independent candidate of mayor post in Janakpur and returned back to Nepali Congress party after winning the elections.

People's Socialist Party holds the former mayor Lal Kishor Shah as mayor candidate. Currently, Sah is higly unpopular due to various alligations of corruption, waste management and accident of government jeep.

The Loktantrik Samajbadi Party is about to run Parmeshwar Sah Sudi.

Similarly, Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party led by former mayor Brikhesh Chandra Lal is also contesting the election.[8]

Either Shiv Shankar Sah "Hira" or Janki Raman Sah is expected to run as mayoral candidate from CPN (UML). Similarly, Balram Mahato, Bidyanath Sah and several others are expected to run as independent candidate.