Koirala elected NC President

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KATHMANDU, Sept 22: Nepali Congress (NC) Acting President Sushil Koirala has been elected to the post of party president. In the election for the party president held Tuesday, Koirala secured 1,652 votes while his nearest rival Sher Bahadur Deuba received 1,317 votes. The other presidential candidate Bhim Bahadur Tamang could garner only 78 votes.

As per the NC statute, a presidential candidate had to secure over 50 percent of the total vote cast to get elected to the post.

According to the Election Committee, altogether 3,062 out of the total of 3,080 12th General Convention representatives had cast their ballots during the voting held between 10 am and 5 pm Tuesday at the Nepal Academy premises, Kamaladi. Among the votes cast, 15 were declared invalid.