Bhandari, Acharya, Chaudhary Win Vice-Chair Posts at Nepali Congress 15th General Convention

KATHMANDU – Vote counting for the posts of vice-chair and general secretary at the Nepali Congress 15th General Convention has been completed.

According to the final results, Dr. Chandrakanta Bhandari and Er. Madhu Acharya won the two vice-chair posts in the open category. Binod Kumar Chaudhary was elected in the inclusive category.

Pradeep Paudel and Udayashamsher Rana won the general secretary posts in the open category. Dr. Dila Sangraula (Pant) was elected female general secretary.

Vice-chair, open category

Dr. Chandrakanta Bhandari finished first with 3,735 votes. Er. Madhu Acharya, the other winner, received 2,342 votes.

Among the other candidates, Govinda Bhattarai received 1,752 votes, Surendra Raj Pandey 1,673, Dhanraj Gurung 1,596, Deepak Giri 923 and Prof. Dr. Chandra Mohan Yadav 760.

Vice-chair, inclusive category

Binod Kumar Chaudhary won the single post with 1,745 votes. His closest rival, Jeevan Pariyar, received 1,658 votes.

Farmullah Mansur received 1,144 votes, Sita Gurung 1,112 and Ranjit Karna 562.

General secretary, open category

Pradeep Paudel finished first with 4,194 votes. Udayashamsher Rana won the second post with 2,330 votes.

Among the other candidates, Dr. Sunil Kumar Sharma received 2,257 votes, Gururaj Ghimire 1,513, Nain Singh Mahar 1,134, Amar Singh Pun Magar 1,125, Shankar Tiwari 123 and Dr. Santosh Upadhyay 97.

Female general secretary

Dr. Dila Sangraula (Pant) was elected to the single post with 3,118 votes. Her rival, Mahalaxmi Upadhyay (Dina), received 2,864 votes. Rita Khanal received 804 votes.