KATHMANDU, Oct 12: Pradip Paudel and Udaya Shumsher Rana have been elected general secretaries under the open category at the Nepali Congress's 15th general convention.
Paudel secured 4,194 votes, while Rana received 2,330. Other candidates included Dr Sunil Kumar Sharma, who received 2,257 votes; Gururaj Ghimire, 1,513; Nain Singh Mahar, 1,134; Amarsingh Pun Magar, 1,125; Shankar Tiwari, 123; and Dr Santosh Upadhyaya, 97.
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Dr Dila Sangroula (Pant) was elected general secretary under the women's category with 3,118 votes. Mahalaxmi Upadhyay (Dina) received 2,864 votes, while Rita Khanal secured 804.
The results were announced by Raju Katuwal, member-secretary of the party's Election Committee.