Kathmandu, March 13: The vote count for the central member of the Nepali Congress under the madhesi, women and indigenous quotas has been over.
The count under the dalit and Muslim quota had already been completed.
Six women have been elected under the open category. Similarly, five including two women have been elected each from dalit Madhesi, and indigenous. The Muslim quota for only one member was grabbed by Farmullah Mansoor.
The women leaders elected under the open category are- Dr Dila Sangraula (1564), Pushpa Bhushal (1267), Kamala Pant (1130), Sarita Prasai (986), Ambika Basnet (936), and Ishwori Neupane (935).
Towards indigenous nationalities category
Chin Kaji Shrestha has been elected the member of the Nepali Congress Central Committee under the reservation quota towards the indigenous nationalities category. He has polled 947 votes. Also elected under this category are Bahadur Singh Lama (767 votes and Kalyan Gurung with 734 votes.
Similarly, Sita Gurung and Ratna Sherchan have been elected the central committee member of the party under the indigenous nationalities women quota. Gurung bagged 1,274 votes and Sherchan 846 votes. There were 40 candidates vying for the three central committee member posts under the indigenous nationalities male category and 12 candidates for the two posts under the female category.
Towards Madhesi category
Ajaya Chaurasiya, Mahendra Yadav and Ram Krsihna Yadav have been elected the central committee members of the Nepali Congress. Chaurasiya polled 1,341 votes, Mahendra Yadav 1,236 votes and Ram Krishna Yadav 1,200 votes. Fifteen candidates were running under the Madhesi male quota for three seats.
Under the Madhesi women quota, Kiran Yadav and Parbata DC Chaudhari have been elected the central committee members. Yadav bagged 1,336 votes and Chaudhari 1130 votes. Nine candidates were in the fray under the Madhesi women category for two posts.
The counting of votes for central committee members for the 25 posts under the open category and 14 posts under the province category however has not been completed. There were 90 candidates vying for the central committee member post under the open category and 13 candidates had stood for the post from the province-1, five from province-2, 18 from province-3, nine from province-4, 10 from province-5, five from province-6 and seven from province-7.
Coordinator of the Central Election Committee Radheshyam Adhikari said results of all the categories of election would be available by Monday. The NC central committee is a 85-member body, including one elected president, one elected general secretary and one elected treasurer, and one nominated vice-president, one nominated general secretary and one nominated joint general secretary.
Out of the total 3,161 registered voters, 3,148 had voted in the general convention. RSS
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