Nepali Congress General Convention: Voters in line from early morning, voting from 7 am, counting of votes to start today
Kathmandu Voters have been queuing up since early morning to cast their votes for the election of the new central working committee under the 15th general convention of the Nepali Congress. Although the voting is scheduled to begin at 7 am, the voters have been queuing up since early morning.
With this, the voters who could not vote yesterday have come back again. Those who have to go far away are thinking of going home to vote and bring Dashain. This has re-energized the Congress convention delegates.
Member Secretary of the Election Committee, Raju Katuwal, said that the voting was postponed this morning considering the health of the voters as it would be difficult for the voters to start the voting late at night due to bad weather and technical reasons.
He said that the voting will be held from 7 am to 3 pm. The number of general convention delegates is 7,317, said member secretary Katuwal.
Senior Advocate Prem Bahadur Khadka, coordinator of the election committee, said that all the necessary preparations have been completed but the voting will start from this morning in view of the difficulties faced by the voters throughout the night.
He said that 32 senior advocates are signing the ballot papers along with him because of the large number of ballot papers. The delay in printing the ballot papers was due to the large number of candidates and voters.
Umesh Shrestha, coordinator of the party’s financial management committee, said that the general convention has been extended by a day.
Which state representatives will vote where?
The Election Committee has designated various polling stations for the convenience of the convention delegates. The delegates will have to go to the respective polling stations according to the province and group assigned to them and vote.
National Assembly Hall, Polling Station ‘A’ – Bagmati Province
Khula Manch, Polling Station ‘B’ – Koshi Province and Tarai-Madhes Group
Himal Hall-Gandaki Province
Tarai-Madhes Hal-Madhesh Province
Hill Hall-Lumbini, According to the Election Committee, 7, 255 delegates from Karnali and Sudurpaschim Provinces and representatives of Nepali Janasamparka Samiti and sister organizations will vote to elect a new central working committee.
Identity card and voter list to be verified
The Election Committee has urged the representatives to go to the polling stations of their designated provinces and groups to cast their votes after entering the polling stations.
The identity card and voter roll of each delegate will be verified before voting. Arrangements have been made to vote for the delegates only after the verification process is completed.
The election committee has said that they will not be allowed to enter the polling place with mobile phones and other materials prohibited by the election code of conduct. Delegates will be allowed to vote only after following the process laid down by the election committee.
Nomination Process Completed
The process of registration of candidacy, claims, and withdrawal of candidacy for the election of the Central Working Committee under the 15th General Convention of the Congress has been completed. After the completion of this process, the Election Committee has also published the final list of candidates.
Now the president, vice-president, general secretary, joint general secretary and central members of various groups will be elected through voting. According to the candidacies for different posts, the general convention delegates will vote on the respective ballot papers.
The counting of votes will begin after the completion of the voting , the Election Committee has said that the counting of votes will begin after the completion of voting.
After the completion of voting, the ballot boxes will be safely managed and the counting of votes will proceed after completing the necessary process.
The election results will be made public after the counting of votes is completed. With this, the new central leadership will be elected from the 15th general convention of the Congress.
The 15th General Convention has amended the statute to form the Central Working Committee of the Nepali Congress (NC) with 2 (7 members). According to the new structure, the elected office-bearers and central members will lead the party for the next term.
The voting on Friday is considered crucial for the selection of the new leadership of the Congress as there is a competition for the post of president and other key posts in the general convention elections. The outcome of the vote of the delegates will also determine the future political direction and organizational leadership of the party.
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