Editing Whitpain Township, Pennsylvania (section)

==Government==
[[File:Whitpain Twp Building.jpg|thumb|right|Whitpain Township municipal building]]
{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; font-size:95%;"
|+ Presidential elections results<ref>{{cite web |title=Census 2020 |url=https://www.montcopa.org/Archive.aspx?AMID=132}}</ref>
|- bgcolor=lightgrey
! Year
! [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
! [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|[[U.S. presidential election, 2020|2020]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|34.9% ''4,763''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|'''63.5%''' ''8,660''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|[[U.S. presidential election, 2016|2016]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|36.6% ''4,306''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|'''59.2%''' ''6,953''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|[[U.S. presidential election, 2012|2012]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|47.8% ''5,373''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|'''51.3%''' ''5,760''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|[[U.S. presidential election, 2008|2008]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|43.3% ''4,855''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|'''56.2%''' ''6,299''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|[[U.S. presidential election, 2004|2004]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|48.4% ''5,334''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|'''51.1%''' ''5,631''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|[[U.S. presidential election, 2000|2000]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''49.4%''' ''4,842''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|48.6% ''4,763''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|[[U.S. presidential election, 1996|1996]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''49.4%''' ''4,086''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|42.3% ''3,501''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|[[U.S. presidential election, 1992|1992]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''47.6%''' ''3,953''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|35.5% ''2,954''
|-
|}
Under Pennsylvania law, Whitpain Township is a Township of the Second Class. It is governed by a five-member Board of Supervisors elected at-large by the electorate. Members of the Board of Supervisors serve six year terms. Every two years, two of the seats come up for election. The exception is in the sixth year in the cycle, when only one seat comes up for election.

Most, if not all, of the executive and legislative powers allocated to Whitpain Township in the State Second Class Township Code are vested in the Board of Supervisors. The Board of Supervisors is empowered to appoint professionals to assist it in the operation of the Township and to furnish advice and counsel on technical matters. Additionally, the Board appoints all the members of the various boards and commissions as well as the Zoning Hearing Board and the Planning Commission. Also, the Board of Supervisors hears conditional use applications in accordance with the Municipalities Planning Code and the Whitpain Township Zoning Ordinance. The levying of township taxes and the appropriations to the various departments and subsidiary boards and commissions is the responsibility of the Board of Supervisors. During the months of November and December, public hearings are held for the purpose of reviewing the budget for the following year.

The current membership of the Board of Supervisors (as of the election of November 2023) consists of:

:*Scott Badami, Chair
:*Kimberly J. Koch, Vice Chair
:*Jeffrey Campolongo, Secretary
:*Joyce Keller, Treasurer
:*Sara Selverian, Assistant Secretary

The township government is located at 960 Wentz Road, Blue Bell, PA 19422.

Federally, Whitpain Township is part of the 4th Congressional District, represented by Democrat [[Madeleine Dean]].