KATHMANDU: Voting for the second phase of presidential candidate in the 14th General Convention has started.
The second round of voting has started after no one got more than 50 percent votes in the first round.
Prime Minister Deuba, Dr. Shekhar Koirala, Prakash Man Singh, Bimalendra Nidhi and Kalyan Gurung were the candidates in the election held on Monday under the 14th General Convention.
In the first round, Deuba got 2258 votes. Similarly, Dr. Koirala got 1702 votes, Nidhi got 249 votes, Singh got 371 votes and Gurung got 22 votes.
Voting for the second round is underway as no candidate got 50 percent of the votes.
With other presidential candidates giving up in the second phase of the election, NC President Deuba and leader Dr. Koirala are contesting for the party’s top post now.
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