KATHMANDU: Counting of votes for the post of Nepali Congress (NC) President is underway at Rastriya Sabhagriha in Kathmandu.
Among the five presidential candidates, Sher Bahadur Deuba and Shekhar Koirala are the main contenders.
According to the Election Committee, 3,181 votes have been counted so far.
Deuba has maintained the lead so far followed by Koirala.
The counting of votes for the party President started at 4 am on Tuesday.
Out of 4,743 voters, 4,679 have cast their votes in the General Convention on Monday.
At least 2,340 votes are required to win the party President.
As per the NC statute a candidate vying for the post of president has to secure more than 50 per cent of the votes cast to get elected.
If any candidate fails to secure this much votes, then the second round of election is held among the two candidates securing the highest votes.
The candidate securing the highest number of votes in the re-election is declared the winner.
The election was held for 132 posts including the party central working committee office-bearers and the members.
The counting of votes for the rest of the posts would be done at the party’s central office after concluding the counting for the post of party president, the Committee said.
The other candidates vying for party presidency are vice-president Bimalendra Nidhi, former general secretary Prakash Man Singh and central members Dr Shekhar Koirala and Kalyan Kumar Gurung.
Sher Bahadur Deuba: 1,506
Shekhar Koirala: 1178
Prakash Man Singh: 254
Bimalendra Nidhi: 173
Kalyan Gurung: 15
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