The vote counting for the new leadership of CPN (UML) under the 11th General Convention is currently underway.
Out of total 2,263 delegates, 2,227 votes have been cast until the posting of this news. More than half of the votes (1,139) have been counted so far as the vote counting continues at Bhrikuti Mandap.
Current results show that candidates from the KP Sharma Oli panel are dominating the race. Of the 19 office-bearer positions, only two candidates from the Ishwar Pokharel camp: Gokarna Bista (Vice-Chairman) and Yogesh Bhattarai (Deputy General Secretary), show a strong chance of winning the election.
The remaining 17 positions are currently led by candidates from the Oli panel.
Chairman:
KP Sharma Oli: 843
Ishwar Pokharel: 296
General Secretary
Shankar Pokharel: 613
Surendra Prasad Pandey: 526
Vice-Chairman: (Top 5 to be elected)
Prithvi Subba Gurung: 900
Raghuji Pant: 617
Bishnu Prasad Paudel: 846
Guru Prasad Baral: 585
Ram Bahadur Thapa 'Badal: '774
Binda Pandey: 474
Gokarna Raj Bista: 713
Parshuram Meghi Gurung: 334
Deputy General Secretary (Top 3 to be elected)
Lekhraj Bhatta: 734
Vishnu Prasad Rimal: 540
Yogesh Bhattarai: 709
Ananda Prasad Pokhrel: 334
Raghuveer Mahaseth: 689
Baijanath Chaudhary: 271
Secretary (Top 7 to be elected)
Mahesh Basnet: 783
Padma Kumari Aryal: 778
Chhabilal Bishwakarma: 769
Sherdhan Rai: 767
Khagaraj Adhikari: 680
Hikmat Kumar Karki: 672
Yamlal Kandel: 626
Rajan Bhattarai: 581
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