Nepali Congress (NC) has concluded that it faced defeat in at least 21 constituencies in the recently concluded House of Representatives elections due to internal party infighting.
The ongoing meeting of the Nepali Congress Central Working Committee (CWC) arrived at this conclusion. Party spokesperson Devraj Chalise said that internal reasons were mainly responsible for the constituencies where it lost by a margin of less than 5 to 3,000 votes.
According to Chalise, the party’s defeat was driven by internal infighting and ineffective campaigning. While these factors were decisive in close races (3,000–5,000 votes), losses by larger margins (up to 10,000 votes) were further aggravated by a damaging public narrative that forced the party into a defensive position.
He informed that it had to suffer defeat because it could not be dealt with effectively. He said that not only organizational weaknesses were seen in some areas, but also the voters' trust in NC had decreased.
"We are conducting an in-depth analysis of how our traditional vote base shifted during the elections," he said. "We are examining whether this was simply a case of vote migration or a deeper shift in the voters' mindset. We've concluded that internal factors led to our defeat by margins of 3,000 to 5,000 votes in roughly 21 constituencies."
Spokesperson Chalise said that the failure of NC, which has more than 850,000 active members, to get the expected votes has also become a serious issue. He said that the party’s membership is expanding but the decrease in votes is worrying.
According to him, there were about 100,000 members in the Ninth General Convention of NC. By the 14th General Convention, that number had increased to 870,000, but the party had brought 1.759 million votes.
Chalise further said that a detailed review is being conducted in the CWC meeting of NC regarding the election performance and regaining the voters' trust in the coming days.
He informed that the ongoing CWC meeting is mainly focusing on two issues: the election review and the resignation of the President.
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