13th general convention of Nepali Congress

2016 internal election of Nepali Congress 3–6 March 2016 13th General Convention of Nepali Congress Nepali Congress flag.svg legislative Popular no 12th general convention of Nepali Congress 2010 14th general convention of Nepali Congress 2021 50% + 1 votes needed to avoid a runoff 120x120px Sher Bahadur Deuba Ram Chandra Paudel RamChandraPaudel.png Krishna Prasad Sitaula.jpg Krishna Prasad Sitaula First Round 1564 1160 324 Runoff 1822 1296 Eliminated President Sher Bahadur Deuba Sushil Koirala FF0000 008000 0000FF The 13th General Convention of the Nepali Congress was held in Kathmandu from March 3–6, 2016. Elections were held for the posts of President, General Secretary and Treasurer. 2016-03-04 13th Nepali Congress jamboree kicks off https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/13th-nepali-congress-jamboree-kicks-off https://web.archive.org/web/20251215113448/https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/13th-nepali-congress-jamboree-kicks-off 2025-12-15 2026-09-16 The Himalayan Times Election results 2nd Round for Party President Candidate's NameVotesPercentageResultReferenceObtainedTotalSher Bahadur Deuba1822314058.03%Elected2016-03-08 Sher Bahadur Deuba elected Nepali Congress chief https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/sher-bahadur-deuba-elected-nepali-congress-chief/article8326749.ece 2026-09-16 The Hindu en-IN 0971-751XDeuba defeats Poudel https://kathmandupost.com/miscellaneous/2016/03/08/deuba-defeats-poudel 2026-09-16 kathmandupost.com EnglishRam Chandra Paudel129641.27% 1st Round for Party President Candidate's NameVotesPercentageResultReferenceObtainedTotalSher Bahadur Deuba1564314849.68%Round 2In 2nd round for not crossing 50%(+1) votes.Mausam 2016-03-08 Roaring win for Sher Bahadur Deuba https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/roaring-win-sher-bahadur-deuba/ https://web.archive.org/web/20251231011456/https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/roaring-win-sher-bahadur-deuba/ 2025-12-31 2026-09-16 The Himalayan Times en-USRam Chandra Paudel116036.85%Round 2Krishna Prasad Sitaula32410.29%Eliminated General Secretary CandidateVotes%ResultReferenceSashank Koirala1,41746.95Elected2024-08-08 NC 13th General Convention: NC establishment bags two key posts https://www.myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/nc-13th-general-convention-nc-establishment-bags-two-key-posts 2026-09-17 www.myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com English9 March 2016 Shashanka elected NC general secretary https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/shashanka-elected-nc-general-secretary The Himalayan TimesArjun Narsingh KC1,01733.70Gagan Thapa58419.35 Total3018100 Treasurer CandidateVotes%ResultReferenceSita Devi Yadav121741.27ElectedChitra Lekha Yadav120940.99Umakanta Chaudhary45715.50Krishna Karki662.24 Total2949100 References Category:Nepali Congress Category:Political history of Nepal Category:Internal elections of political parties in Nepal