KATHMANDU: CPN-Maoist Center has got 80 percent of its leadership selected unanimously in the ward level conferences scheduled for Sunday.

“Out of a total of 6,743 wards, 80 per cent were unanimous. The selection process was affected due to the local rituals, fairs, processions, marriages and deaths in the remaining 10 percent of the wards,” Bishnu Pukar Shrestha, the chairman of the party’s Central Election Commission said, adding, “There is a dispute as the other 10 percent could not reach a consensus. If dispute prevails, we will settle it through election.”

The Commission has formed a three-member election committee comprising one election coordinator and two members.

The municipal conference of the Maoist Center is scheduled for November 27. A five-member election committee has been formed to hold the conference. If the same election committee is not unanimous, the election will be held.

A total of 753 new Maoist leaders are expected to be elected from the conference on November 27.