KATHMANDU: Khum Bahadur Khadka reappeared on top of the chart as the Nepali Congress Election Committee counted 353 votes from the election held to elect 25 Central Working Committee members of the party under the open category. The election was held on Sunday. Counting of votes for the CWC members had begun on Wednesday at the party headquarters Sanepa of Lalitpur. As many as 90 contenders are vying for the 25 positions. Meanwhile, the Election Committee has been counting votes for the CWC member under the Muslim reservation quota also. SN Candidates Votes till count of 353 1. Khum Bahadur Khadka 214 2. Prakash Man Singh 213 3. Shekhar Koirala 205 4. Pradeep Paudel 201 5. Pradeep Giri 200 6. Bal Krishna Khand 200 7. Bimalendra Nidhi 199 8. Mahesh Acharya 190 9. Kul Bahadur Gurung 187 10. Purna Bahadur Khadka 186 11. Ramesh Lekhak 186 12. Bishwa Prakash Sharma 181 13. Ram Sharan Mahat 178 14. Dhan Raj Gurung 177 15. Prakash Sharan Mahat 177 16. Sujata Koirala 177 17. Shankar Bhandari 175 18. Gopal Man Shrestha 171 19. Bal Bahadur KC 170 20. Minendra Rijal 168 21. Chandra Bhandari 162 22. Narayan Khadka 160 23. Gyanendra Bahadur Karki 159 24. Badri Pandey 158 25. NP Saud 156 26. Dina Mahalaxmi Upadhyaya 150 27. Jip Chhiring Lama 149 28. Udaya Shamsher Rana 142 29. Padma Narayan Chaudhary 142 30. Man Mohan Bhattarai 138 31. Ashok Koirala 130 32. Govinda Raj Joshi 130 READ ALSO

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