Vote count for 5 more NC joint general secretaries begins - Khabarhub
KATHMANDU: The vote count for the remaining five joint general secretaries of the Nepali Congress under 14th General Convention has started at the central
KATHMANDU, Dec 19: Vote count for the election of a member of the central committee of the ruling Nepali Congress (NC) is underway at the Sanepa-based party head office.
According to the election committee of the party, 3,595 votes so far have been counted.
Of the votes counted, Dr Shashank Koirala is leading with 2,940 votes.
A total of 99 candidates are in the race to be elected as the party’s CC members under the open category. The party, however, elects as many as 35 members.
Voting to elect the central executive committee under the 14th General Convention was held on Monday, last week.
Earlier, the vote count for the party's president, two vice-presidents, two general secretaries and eight joint general secretaries concluded.
Here are top ten vote gainers:
1. Dr Shashank Koirala: 2,940
2. NP Saud: 2,261
3. Balkrishna Khand: 2,207
4. Udaya Shumsher Rana: 2,167
5. Ramhari Khatiwada: 2,174
6. Ramesh Lekhak: 2,131
7. Gyanendra Bahadur Karki: 2,127
8. Shankar Bhandari: 2,112
9. Jip Chhiring Lama: 2,035
10. Arjun Narsingh KC: 2,030
KATHMANDU: Vote-counting for the central executive committee of the grand old Nepali Congress (NC) is still underway at the Sanepa, Lalitpur-based party head office.
However, a 13-member office bearers’ team has got the final shape as vote-count for joint general secretaries came to an end on Friday afternoon.
Sher Bahadur Deuba has been elected for the second straight term as the party president. He reclaimed his victory in a run-off defeating Dr Shekhar Kolirala.
Deuba, the five-time prime minister and also a serving executive head of the state, holds a comfortable majority in the team of 13 office bearer positions.
Except for a vice-president (Dhanraj Gurung), two general secretaries (Gagan Kumar Thapa and Bishwa Prakash Sharma) and two joint general secretaries (Jivan Pariyar and Badri Pandey), all other office bearers belong to his panel. Though Bishwa Prakash Sharma, one of the two general secretaries, was considered close to the Deuba camp, was fielded by the Prakash Man Singh panel.
Other office bearers include Purna Bahadur Khadka (vice-president), Kishor Singh Rathor, Malalaxmi Upadhyay, Farmullah Mansoor, Umakanta Chaudhary, Mahendra Yadav and Bhishmaraj Angdembe (joint general secretaries).
The team, except for Deuba and Khadka, has all new members. While Deuba completed his first tenure as the party tenure (2016-2021), Khadka was one of two general secretaries in the Deuba-led team.
Thapa contested for the same position in the 2016 general convention, however, lost to Dr Shahshank Koirala.
Sharma has been serving as party spokesperson since 2018, however, has not held any executive position except for the central committee member.
KATHMANDU: The vote count for the remaining five joint general secretaries of the Nepali Congress under 14th General Convention is taking place today, the
KATHMANDU: Gagan Thapa and Bishwo Prakash Sharma have been elected the general secretaries of the ruling Nepali Congress (NC).
According to the vote-count result on Thursday afternoon, Thapa secured 2,823 and Sharma got 1,824 out of 4,290 votes tallied.
The voting for the NC executive committee was held on Monday.
Here is the vote count tally
Votes counted: 4390
Gagan Thapa: 2823
Bishwo Prakash Sharma: 1824
Prakash Sharan Mahat: 1455
Pradeep Poudel: 1303
Minendra Rijal: 753
Rajaram Karki: 100
Thapa and Rijal were fielded as general secretary candidates by the Shekhar Koirala panel. Koirala, however, lost the presidential election to Sher Bahadur Deuba.
Mahat and Poudel are the candidates from the Deuba panel, Sharma from the Prakash Man Singh camp and Karki from the Bimalendra Nidhi faction.
KATHMANDU: Vote count for the general secretary of the ruling Nepali Congress (NC) has been over.
According to the party’s election committee, Gagan Thapa secured the highest of 3,023 votes among the six candidates. Thapa was fielded as the candidate by the Shekhar Koirala panel. Koirala, however, lost the two rounds of presidential elections to Sher Bahadur Deuba.
Bishwo Prakash Sharma has also been elected one of two general secretaries securing a total of 1,984 votes. Sharma, who is also the party spokesperson, contested the election on behalf of the Prakash Man Singh panel.
Both the candidates from the Deuba panel --- Prakash Sharan Mahat and Pradeep Poudel --- however, lost the election. While Mahat secured 1,556 votes, Poudel got the fourth highest votes of 1,393.
Minendra Rijal, the candidate fielded by the Koirala panel, also lost the race. He got 809 votes against Raja Ram Karki’s 106. Karki belongs to the Bimalendra Nidhi camp.
Meanwhile, Rijal announced his resignation as the Minister for Defence following the preliminary vote count results.
KATHMANDU, December 16: The vote count for the post of the General Secretary of the ruling Nepali Congress (NC) in the 14th General Convention of the party has begun from 10:20 AM on Thursday.
As per the party statute, voting for the posts of two general secretaries were held earlier on Monday.
According to Sita Ram KC, a member of the central election committee of the party, the vote count began at10:209 AM this morning and the results will be out by next six hours.
Leaders Gagan Thapa, Dr Prakashman Singh, Pradip Poudel, Dr Minendra Rijal, Dr Rajaram Karki and Biswaprakash Sharma are vying for the post.
As many as 4,743 delegates cast their votes on Monday to elect 13 office bearers and 121 central members.
Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has already been elected the President of the party for the second time. Likewise, Purna Bahadur Khadka and Dhanraj Gurung have been elected the Vice Presidents of the party.
The 13 office bearers of the party includes one President, two Vice Presidents, two general secretaries and eight deputy general secretaries.
KATHMANDU, December 16: The vote count for the post of the General Secretary of the ruling Nepali Congress (NC) in the 14th General Convention of the party is to begin this morning.
As per the party statute, voting for the posts of two general secretaries were held earlier on Monday.
According to the central election committee of the party, the vote count is scheduled to begin at 9 AM this morning at party headquarters at Sanepa in Kathmandu.
Leaders Gagan Thapa, Dr Prakash Saran Mahat, Pradip Poudel, Dr Minendra Rijal, Dr Rajaram Karki and Biswaprakash Sharma are vying for the post.
As many as 4,743 delegates cast their votes on Monday to elect 13 office bearers and 134 central members.
Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has already been elected the President of the party for the second time. Likewise, Purna Bahadur Khadka and Dhanraj Gurung have been elected the Vice Presidents of the party.
The 13 office bearers of the party includes one President, two Vice Presidents, two general secretaries and eight deputy general secretaries.
