10th general convention of Nepali Congress

2001 internal election of Nepali Congress August 2025 10th General Convention of Nepali Congress Nepali Congress flag.svg legislative Majority of valid delegate ballots Caucus no 9th 1996 11th 2005 19–22 January 2001 Vote 180x180px Girija Prasad Koirala 936 (64.4%) 180x180px Sher Bahadur Deuba 507 (34.9%) Leader Girija Prasad Koirala Girija Prasad Koirala 0000FF FF0000 The 10th General Convention of the Nepali Congress was held in Pokhara, Nepal, from 19 to 22 January 2001.Nepal Conflict Report – Report by FES (2002) https://nepalconflictreport.ohchr.org/html/reports/2002-00-00_report_fes_eng.html https://web.archive.org/web/20250105003538/https://nepalconflictreport.ohchr.org/html/reports/2002-00-00_report_fes_eng.html 5 January 2025 Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) 2002 16 August 2025 The event was organized in the midst of severe political instability, parliamentary deadlock, the growing Maoist insurgency, and just months before the June 2001 royal palace massacre. Delegates at the convention discussed several critical matters, including economic policy responses, the Maoist insurgency, and law and order concerns.During the five-day hectic activities, Nepali Congress delegates discussed some very important issues including economic policies, Maoist problems and law and ...26 January 2001 Spotlight, January 2001 Issue https://d1i1jdw69xsqx0.cloudfront.net/digitalhimalaya/collections/journals/spotlight/pdf/Spotlight_20_28.pdf Spotlight 16 August 2025 Leadership election The convention re-elected incumbent party president and Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala for a second term. He won with 936 votes (64%) out of 1,453 valid ballots, defeating former prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba (507 votes) and former minister Ram Hari Joshi (10 votes).October 2026 Candidate Votes % Girija Prasad Koirala 936 64.4 Sher Bahadur Deuba 507 34.9 Total 1,453 100 Central Working Committee elections The convention also elected members of the party's Central Working Committee (CWC). Candidate Votes Ram Chandra Paudel 1,015 Shailaja Acharya 898 Prakash Man Singh 850 Khum Bahadur Khadka 812 Parakeet Koirala 794 Mahesh Acharya 781 Sushil Koirala 776 Pradeep Giri 662 Narahari Acharya 653 Arjun Narasingha KC 652 Baldev Sharma Majgainya 593 Krishna Prasad Sitaula 586 Mahantha Thakur 583 Bala Bahadur Rai 580 Bijaya Kumar Gachhadar 575 Govind Raj Joshi 569 Bimalendra Nidhi 566 Chiranjibi Wagle 540 Total1,453 Nominated members Party president Koirala also nominated the following leaders to the CWC: Krishna Prasad Bhattarai Sher Bahadur Deuba Basu Risal Nona Koirala Dil Bahadur Gharti Ram Krishna Tamrakar Sunil Kumar Bhandari Farmullah Mansur Purna Kumar Sharma Aftermath On 25 September 2001, Koirala nominated Govind Raj Joshi as joint general secretary, Arjun Narasingha KC as party spokesman and Mahantha Thakur as treasurer. References Category:Nepali Congress Category:2001 in Nepal Category:Political party assemblies Category:2001 conferences Category:Internal elections of political parties in Nepal Category:Conventions (meetings) Category:Convention centers in Asia