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Paudel, Rana, Sangraula elected Nepali Congress general secretaries

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Kathmandu, Oct 12

Pradip Paudel, Uday Shumsher Rana, and Dila Sangraula have been elected general secretaries of the Nepali Congress.

Paudel and Rana were elected under the open category, while Sangraula won the general secretary position under the women’s category.

Paudel received 4,194 votes, while Rana secured 2,330 votes.

Rana’s closest rival, Sunil Kumar Sharma, received 2,257 votes. Rana defeated Sharma by a narrow margin of just 73 votes.

Among the other candidates contesting for the general secretary positions under the open category, Gururaj Ghimire received 1,513 votes, Nain Singh Mahar secured 1,134, Amar Singh Pun Magar received 1,125, Shankar Tiwari got 123, and Santosh Upadhyaya secured 97 votes.

In the women’s category, Sangraula was elected general secretary with 3,118 votes.

Her closest rival, Mahalaxmi Upadhyaya, received 2,864 votes.

Sangraula won by a margin of 254 votes.

Another candidate, Rita Khanal, received 804 votes.

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Published Date: 2026-10-12 11:31:42

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