Chiribabu Maharjan leads open central member vote count in Nepali Congress convention

Kathmandu, October 15, 2026 — Chiribabu Maharjan is leading the vote count for open central member positions at the 15th General Convention of the Nepali Congress, securing 4,149 votes out of 5,400 counted so far.

A total of 45 candidates will be elected as open central members. According to the latest vote count, Nishkal Rai is in second place with 3,840 votes, followed by Indra Bahadur Baniya with 3,641 votes.

Prof. Dr. Govinda Raj Pokharel has received 3,478 votes, while Jitanarayan Shrestha has secured 3,371 and Engineer Mohan Acharya has received 3,290 votes.

Among the other candidates, Praval Thapa has received 3,226 votes, Ganesh Lama 3,034 and Rajiv Koirala 3,022. Himal Datta Shrestha has secured 2,847 votes, Bidwan Gurung 2,691, Dr. Shobhakar Parajuli 2,640, Engineer Amrit Gyawali 2,591 and Arjun Prasad Joshi 2,580.

Similarly, Sandeep Rana has received 2,515 votes, Engineer Navaraj Tripathi 2,474, Narendra Kumar Kerung 2,437, Bharat Kumar Shah 2,431, Mahesh Kharel 2,343 and Min Krishna Maharjan 2,334.

Vote counting is ongoing, and the final results for the 45 open central member positions will be determined after the process is completed.