KATHMANDU: The results of the vote counting for the election of the Central Working Committee (CWC) of the Nepali Congress (NC) will be made public by this evening.

Member Secretary of the Election Committee, Raju Katuwal, informed the Congress Media Center that the results of all the posts will be announced by this evening. The counting of votes for the president, vice-president and general secretary of the party has been completed.

The counting of votes of various groups of joint general secretaries and central members is underway while the counting of votes of other groups is going on. The Election Committee has expedited the counting of votes and the remaining results will also be made public today.

Gagan Kumar Thapa was elected as the president. Out of the total 7,013 votes cast, 54 votes were invalid and Thapa got 94.6 percent or 6,584 votes. His rival Shyam Krishna Khadgi got only 5.4 percent or 375 votes.

Likewise, Bishwa Prakash Sharma was elected as senior vice-president and Pushpa Bhusal unopposed as vice-president. In the open category, Dr Chandra Kanta Bhandari and E Madhu Acharya were elected with 53.1 per cent votes. Binod Kumar Chaudhary was elected as inclusive vice-president with 24.8 per cent votes.

Pradip Poudel and Uday Shumsher Rana won the election with 59.6 percent and 32.8 percent of the votes in the open category. In the women’s category, Dila Sangraula was elected with 44.3 percent of the votes.

Ramhari Khatiwada and Ajaya Babu Shiwakoti have been elected as joint general secretaries. Pratima Gautam has been elected as joint general secretary in women. Bahadur Singh Lama has been elected as the joint general secretary of the Backward Region. Jeevan Bahadur Shahi has been elected as the joint general secretary of the backward region.

The final results of the central members of various clusters have also been announced. The counting of votes for the general secretaries and central members of some clusters is underway. The results of some are in the process of being announced, according to the election committee.

The election committee is counting the votes by forming different groups at the party’s central office in Sanepa. The committee has set a target to complete the counting of the remaining groups and make the results public by this evening.

The general convention that started on October 1 was held on October 23. Although the results of the election were announced on the morning of October 24, there was some delay due to the counting of other posts.