{"id":437476,"date":"2026-10-08T10:22:24","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T04:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/?p=437476"},"modified":"2026-10-08T10:22:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T04:37:26","slug":"15th-general-convention-nc-picking-new-leadership-through-voting-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/2026\/10\/08\/437476.html","title":{"rendered":"15th General Convention: NC picking new leadership through voting today"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Kathmandu, Oct 8<\/strong>: Voting is taking place today to pick a new central working committee of the Nepali Congress (NC) under its 15th General Convention underway in Kathmandu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to a notice issued by the Election Committee’s member-secretary Raju Katwal, voting to select the new leadership will start at 1:00 pm today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the general convention, 7,255 delegates will cast their vote to elect the new central committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The election committee had already released the final list of aspirants running for president, other office-bearers, and central members on Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier, the committee had announced that voting would start at 7:00 am today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, due to heavy rain and some technical issues, the election committee said the voting time was postponed to 1:00 pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prem Bahadur Khadka, convener of the central election committee, informed that voting will take place from 1.00 pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Separate voting centers have been arranged for the delegates based on their provinces and representation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the revised election schedule, delegates from Bagmati Province will vote at voting center ‘A’ in the National City Hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As informed, Khula Manch (open theatre) has been designated as voting center ‘B’. It has been set up for delegates from Koshi Province and the Terai\u2013Madhes group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Similarly, delegates from Gandaki Province will vote at Himal Hall in Khula Manch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For representatives of Madhes Province at Khula Manch, Terai\u2013Madhes Hall has been designated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Representatives from Lumbini Province, Karnali Province, Sudurpashchim Province, the Nepali Janasamparka Samiti, and affiliated organizations will vote from Pahad Hall at Khula Manch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The election committee has requested that after entering the polling area, representatives go to the polling center designated for their province and group to cast their votes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before voting, the representative’s ID and the voter list will be verified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the election committee, mobile phones and other materials prohibited by the election code are not allowed inside the polling area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Representatives will only be able to vote after completing the procedure set by the election committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Voting will pick the president, vice-presidents, general secretaries, joint general secretaries, and various other central members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The election committee has stated that vote counting will begin after the voting for the selection of new leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 15th General Convention amended the party statute to make the NC Central Working Committee 297 members. RSS<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kathmandu, Oct 8: Voting is taking place today to pick a new central working committee of the Nepali Congress (NC) under its 15th General Convention underway in Kathmandu. According to a notice issued by the Election Committee’s member-secretary Raju Katwal, voting to select the new leadership will start at 1:00 pm today. At the general …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":437257,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,3,4,5,2],"tags":[],"reporter":[],"class_list":["post-437476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-en-cover","category-english","category-en-news","category-top-stories","category-top-stories-main"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437476"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=437476"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":437477,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437476\/revisions\/437477"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/437257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=437476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=437476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=437476"},{"taxonomy":"reporter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reporter?post=437476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}