12th General Convention of the Nepali Congress

The twelfth general convention of the Nepali Congress party was held in Kathmandu from September 17–21, 2010. Elections were held for the posts of President, General Secretary and Treasurer. The convention also elected 61 members to the party's Central Working Committee (CWC).

Election results

President [1]

CandidateVotes%
Sushil Koirala1,69254.81
Sher Bahadur Deuba1,31742.66
Bhim Bahadur Tamang782.53
Total
 3,087100

General Secretary [2]

CandidateVotes%
Prakash Man Singh1,65654.28
Bimalendra Nidhi1,22640.18
Narahari Acharya1524.98
Invalid170.56
Total
 3,051100

Treasurer [3]

CandidateVotes%
Chitra Lekha Yadav1,55752.13
Padma Narayan Chaudhari1,43047.87
Total
 2,987100

Central Working Committee (CWC) Members

Elections to the 61 CWC seats were held in three categories : 25 seats were contested under the open category, 14 seats under the zonal category and 22 seats under reserved quotas for women, Dalit, Madeshi, Muslim and Janajati categories.

Elected in open category:[4]

WinnerVotes
Gagan Thapa2,061
Arjun Narasingha K.C.2,034
Khum Bahadur Khadka1,791
Shashanka Koirala1,767
Pradip Giri1,741
Sujata Koirala1,739
Ram Chandra Paudel1,703
Dr Ram Sharan Mahat1,699
Bal Krishna Khand1,606
N P Saud1,556
Dr Shekhar Koirala1,531
Mahesh Acharya1,501
Dr Minendra Rijal1,435
Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat1,382
Krishna Sitaula1,373
Chandra Bhandari1,368
Dr Narayan Khadka1,340
Gopal Man Shrestha1,286
Bal Bahadur KC1,286
Purna Bahadur Khadka1,246
Shankar Bhandari1,219
Kul Bahadur Gurung1,155
Man Mohan Bhattarai1,080
Gyanendra Bahadur Karki1,068
Dip Kumar Upadhyay1,020

Elected in zonal category:

ZoneWinner
BagmatiNavindra Raj Joshi
BheriKishor Singh Rathaur
DhaulagiriArjun Joshi
GandakiSurendra Pandey
JanakpurAnanda Prasad Dhungana
KarnaliJivan Bahadur Shahi
KoshiAmod Prasad Upadhyay
LumbiniKrishna Chandra Nepali
MahakaliDilendra Prasad Badu
MechiNarendra Bikram Nembang
NarayaniRamesh Rijal
RaptiDeepak Giri
SagarmathaRam Kumar Chaudary
SetiBadri Pandey

Elected in Janajati, Women, Dalit, Madhesi and Muslim category:[5][6]

Electoral CategoryWinnerVotes
JanajatiBhisma Raj Angdembe834
Surya Man Gurung724
Dhan Raj Gurung667
Sita Gurung1,003
Ratna Sherchan878
WomenPushpa Bhusal1,470
Mina Mandey1,419
Kamala Devi Pant1,242
Ambika Basnet1,103
Mahalaxmi Upadhaya Dina1,007
Ishwori Neupane832
DalitMin Bahadur Bishwokarma1,445
Man Bahadur Bishwokarma1,421
Jiban Pariyar959
Sujata Pariyar1,640
Kabita Sardar1,237
MadhesiUmakanta Chaudhari1,089
Ajaya Chaurasia963
Mahendra Yadav914
Parbati D.C Chaudhari1,414
Minakshi Jha1,395
MuslimMohammaed Aftab AlamN/A
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References
  1. , The Himalayan Times, "Sushil Koirala is Nepali Congress president"
  2. , The Himalayan Times, "Prakash Man Singh Gen Secy, Chitra Lekha Treasurer"
  3. , The Himalayan Times, "Prakash Man Singh Gen Secy, Chitra Lekha Treasurer"
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-01-24. Retrieved 2011-10-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link), My Republica, "NC elects most inclusive CWC"
  5. Archived 2012-03-25 at the Wayback Machine, My Republica, "NC announces 5 CWC members from Janajatis"
  6. , United We Blog,"Nepali Congress General Convention Message: Unit Essenstial"
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