KATHMANDU: Chitralekha Yadav has been elected to the post of central member of Province No. 2 (Women) of the Nepali Congress.
The counting of votes for the post central member under the 14th General Convention of the Nepali Congress is taking place since Friday.
Yadav won the post with 2,731 votes while her nearest rival Geeta Chaudhary got 1,885 votes, said the party’s Central Election Committee Coordinator Gopal Krishna Ghimire.
A total of 4,662 votes were cast in the election while 46 of them were termed invalid.
According to the Congress statute, Ramesh Rijal and Ananda Prasad Dhungana have already been elected unopposed to the two posts of Central Member representation Province No. 2 (Male).
The counting of votes of 35 central members will start from 10 am today, according to the Committee.
Counting of votes for central members from 10 am
The counting of votes of the central members (35 from the open category) is starting from today of the election held on Monday under the 14th general convention of the Nepali Congress.
The counting of votes will start at 10 am at the party’s central office in Sanepa.
The Congress Central Election Committee (CEC) has urged every candidate to present him/herself or one of his/her representatives at the vote counting station. Altogether 99 candidates are competing for 35 posts of central members (open category).
The counting of votes of other party office bearers has been completed on Friday. A total of 487 candidates had filed nominations for 134 posts including office bearers and members of the Congress Central Working Committee.
The Congress had 4,743 delegates attending the general convention.
