KATHMANDU: The Election Committee of Nepali Congress (NC) has announced the names of 25 candidates who have won the Central Working Committee membership under the open category, on Monday. Among the 3,148 votes, Shekhar Koirala polled the highest of 1,848 votes, followed by Khum Bahadur Khadka (1,846) and Prakash Man Singh (1,795), as informed by the the NC Election Committee. A total of  90 candidates had filed their candidacy in the election for the posts in the Central Working Committee (CWC) held on March 6. The party has already elected Sher Bahadur Deuba as its new President, Shashanka Koirala as its General Secretary and Sita Devi Yadav as its Treasurer in the election held during the party's 13th General Convention. Apart from this, results for the 14 posts from the provincial representation are yet to be announced. The results are expected to be published by this evening. The party has already elected 22 CWC members including one from Muslim reservation, six from women reservation and five from Janajati, Madhesi and Dalit groups each.

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— Sher Bahadur Deuba (@DeubaSherbdr) March 14, 2016 Winners of CWC membership election under the open category: SN Candidates Votes 1. Shekhar Koirala 1,848 2. Khum Bahadur Khadka 1,846 3. Prakash Man Singh 1,795 4. Kul Bahadur Gurung 1,773 5. Pradeep Giri 1,725 6. Pradeep Paudel 1,709 7. Bal Krishna Khand 1,704 8. Dhan Raj Gurung 1,697 9. Ramesh Lekhak 1,689 10. Purna Bahadur Khadka 1,686 11. Bimalendra Nidhi 1,680 12. Bal Bahadur KC 1,674 13. Mahesh Acharya 1,669 14. Bishwa Prakash Sharma 1,620 15. Sujata Koirala 1,619 16. Ram Sharan Mahat 1,611 17. NP Saud 1,547 18. Shankar Bhandari 1,547 19. Gyanendra Bahadur Karki 1,502 20. Gopal Man Shrestha 1,499 21. Chandra Bhandari 1,492 22. Prakash Sharan Mahat 1,491 23. Badri Pandey 1,485 24. Narayan Khadka 1,464 25. Minendra Rijal 1,420 Who couldn't make it?