The final results of the elections held at the 11th general convention of the CPN-UML have been announced.
KP Sharma Oli was elected chairman for a third term, and candidates from his faction secured victory in most of the office-bearer positions.
Among the 19 office-bearer positions, all but two were won by candidates from Oli’s faction.
Gokarna Bista was elected vice-chair, and Yogesh Bhattarai was elected deputy general secretary. Bista secured 1,368 votes, while Bhattarai received 1,348 votes. Both were candidates from Ishwar Pokharel’s panel.
Pokharel himself lost to Oli in the election for chairman.
The UML office-bearers include one chairperson, five vice-chairs, one general secretary, three deputy general secretaries, and nine secretaries.