KATHMANDU, Nov 30: K P Sharma Oli has been reelected as Chairman of CPN-UML for the second time by securing a total vote of 1840. His only rival Bhim Rawal secured just 223 votes.
Similarly, seven leaders have been elected as secretaries of the UML. According to the result of the votes held in the 10th General Convention in Sauraha, Chitwan, Gokarna Bista, Yogesh Bhattarai, Chhabilal Bishwakarma, Padhma Aryal, Lekharaj Bhatta, Top Bahadur Rayamajhi and Raghubir Mahaseth have been elected as the secretaries of the party.
The voting was held electronically. A total of 72 electronic voting machines were used to conduct the voting.
There were a total of 2152 General Convention representatives of the UML. The election was held for the post of Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Secretaries and central committee members under various clusters.
Except for the posts that saw unopposed election, 80 candidates had fielded their candidacies for the 50 different positions. Here is a list of total votes secured by individual candidates in different positions.
Yogesh Bhattarai 1964
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Padhma Aryal 1800
Gokarna Bista 1976
Chhbilal Bishwakarma 1800
Tanka Prasad Karki 500
Bhim Prasad Acharya 1300
Raghu Bir Mahaseth 1513
Lekharaj Bhatta 1704
Top Bahadur Rayamajhi 1700
Asta Laxmi Shakya 1976
Surendra Pandey 1925
Subhash Nembang 1865
Bishnu Poudel 1856
Yubaraj Gyawali 1842
Ram Bahadur Thapa Badal 1768
Ghanashyam Bhusal 725