Rajesh Rae Yadav Congress Binod Prasad Shah

An indirect election will also be held to elect five female members and an additional three female members from the Dalit and minority community to the municipal executive.

[3][4] Binod Prasad Shah from CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) was elected as mayor but no party was able to gain a majority in the council.

The sub-metropolitan city was created in 2017 by merging neighboring village development committees into Kalaiya.

[7] In the previous election, Rajesh Rae Yadav from Nepali Congress was elected as the first mayor of the sub-metropolitan city.