He bagged 74 votes against his closest contender Sanjay Neupane of Kantipur Publications. Neupane received 47 votes. In total, 121 votes were cast in the election.Likewise, Kuber Chalise of The Himalayan Times and Pradip Chapagain of Nepal Television have been elected vice president and general secretary respectively.
Bigyan Adhikari of Nagarik and Asha Thapaliya of Avenues TV have been elected secretary and treasurer of the society.
Other members elected are Lomas Joshi, Suresh Neupane, Kamala Thapa, Baburam Khadka and Sudarshan Oli.
SEJON Election final result
1. President
- Narayan Sapkota (Nagarik) - 74 votes (winner)
- Sanjay Neupane (Kantipur) - 47 votes
2. Vice President
- Kuber Chalise (The Himalayan Times) - 67 votes (winner)
- Navraj Chalise (Avenues TV) - 51 votes
3. General Secretary
- Pradip Chapagain (Nepal Television) - 66 votes (winner)
- Saroj Kafle (Annapurna Post) - 54 votes
4. Secretary
- Bigyan Adhikari (Nagarik) - 67 votes (winner)
- Shiva Duwadi (Rajdhani) - 56 votes
5. Treasurer
- Asha Thapaliya (Avenues TV) - 67 votes (winner)
- Om Thapa - 53 votes
6. Elected Members
- Sudarshan Oli (Kantipur TV) - 104 votes
- Kamala Thapa (Nepal FM) - 85 votes
- Lomas Joshi (Arthako Artha) - 79 votes
- Baburam Khadka (Nepal Samacharpatra) - 78 votes
- Suresh Neupane (Himal) - 74 votes
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