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

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