Kathmandu, Oct. 12: Chandra Kant Bhandari, Madhu Acharya and Binod Kumar Chaudhary have been elected vice-presidents of the Nepali Congress at its 15th general convention.
Bhandari led the open category with 3,735 votes, while Acharya secured the second seat with 2,342. Chaudhary won the inclusive category with 1,745 votes, defeating his nearest rival, Jeevan Pariyar, by 87 votes.
Five other candidates contested the two open seats. Govinda Bhattarai received 1,752 votes, followed by Surendra Raj Pandey with 1,673, Dhanraj Gurung with 1,596, Deepak Giri with 923 and Chandra Mohan Yadav with 760.
In the inclusive category, Pariyar secured 1,658 votes, while Farmullah Mansoor received 1,144, Sita Gurung 1,112 and Ranjeet Karn 562.
The results follow Gagan Thapa’s victory in the presidential election. Thapa secured 6,584 votes against Shyam Krishna Khadgi’s 375, winning nearly 94 percent of the votes cast. His election was confirmed on Saturday.
Bishwa Prakash Sharma was elected senior vice-president unopposed, while Pushpa Bhusal secured the women’s vice-presidential position unopposed. The latest results fill the two open seats and the inclusive seat alongside those positions.
People’s News Monitoring Service
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