The 12th 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
Candidate Votes % Sushil Koirala 1,692 54.81 Sher Bahadur Deuba 1,317 42.66 Bhim Bahadur Tamang 78 2.53 Total 3,087 100
General Secretary Candidate Votes % Prakash Man Singh 1,656 54.28 Bimalendra Nidhi 1,226 40.18 Narahari Acharya 152 4.98 Invalid 17 0.56 Total 3,051 100 Treasurer Candidate Votes % Chitra Lekha Yadav 1,557 52.13 Padma Narayan Chaudhari 1,430 47.87Total 2,987 100
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: Winner Votes Gagan Thapa 2,061 Arjun Narasingha K.C. 2,034 Khum Bahadur Khadka 1,791 Shashanka Koirala 1,767Pradeep Giri 1,741 Sujata Koirala 1,739 Ram Chandra Paudel 1,703 Ram Sharan Mahat 1,699 Bal Krishna Khand 1,606 NP Saud 1,556 Shekhar Koirala 1,531 Mahesh Acharya 1,501 Minendra Rijal 1,435 Prakash Sharan Mahat 1,382 Krishna Sitaula 1,373 Chandra Bhandari 1,368 Narayan Khadka 1,340 Gopal Man Shrestha 1,286 Bal Bahadur KC 1,286 Purna Bahadur Khadka 1,246 Shankar Bhandari 1,219 Kul Bahadur Gurung 1,155 Man Mohan Bhattarai 1,080 Gyanendra Bahadur Karki 1,068 Dip Kumar Upadhyay 1,020
Elected in zonal category:
Zone Winner Bagmati Nabindra Raj Joshi Bheri Kishore Singh Rathore Dhaulagiri Arjun Joshi Gandaki Surendra Pandey Janakpur Ananda Prasad Dhungana Karnali Jeevan Bahadur Shahi Koshi Amod Prasad Upadhyay Lumbini Krishna Chandra Nepali Mahakali Dilendra Prasad Badu Mechi Narendra Bikram Nembang Narayani Ramesh Rijal Rapti Deepak Giri Sagarmatha Ram Kumar Chaudary Seti Badri Pandey
Elected in Janajati, Women, Dalit, Madhesi and Muslim category:United We Blog, "Nepali Congress General Convention Message: Unit Essenstial" Electoral Category Winner Votes Janajati Bhishma Raj Angdembe 834 Surya Man Gurung 724 Dhanraj Gurung 667 Sita Gurung 1,003 Ratna Sherchan 878 Women Pushpa Bhusal 1,470 Mina Pandey 1,419 Kamala Devi Pant 1,242 Ambika Basnet 1,103 Mahalaxmi Upadhaya Dina 1,007 Ishwari Neupane 832 Dalit Min Bahadur Bishwokarma 1,445 Man Bahadur Bishwokarma 1,421 Jiwan Pariyar 959 Sujata Pariyar 1,640 Kabita Sardar 1,237 Madhesi Umakanta Chaudhari 1,089 Ajay Chaurasiya 963 Mahendra Yadav 914 Parbati D.C Chaudhari 1,414 Minakshi Jha 1,395
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