Fifteen women have been elected to the Nepali Congress Central Working Committee (CWC) under the open women's category at the party's 15th General Convention, the Election Committee said. Basana Thapa, chief whip of the Nepali Congress parliamentary party, topped the count with 5,193 votes. Urmila Thapaliya placed second with 3,970, followed by Nima Giri.
Thapa leads the open women's category
Thapa's result put her at the top of the vote count among the candidates elected in the category. The Election Committee announced that 15 women had secured places on the party's central committee through the open women's category. The available results identify Thapa, Thapaliya and Giri among those elected, but do not provide the vote totals or full ranking for the remaining winners.
Thapaliya's 3,970 votes made her the second-highest vote-getter in the category. Giri followed her, although a vote figure for Giri was not included in the reported results. The announcement establishes the leading positions in the count while leaving the individual totals for other elected candidates unspecified.
The open women's category is the route through which the 15 women named in the result secured CWC seats. The Election Committee's announcement confirms the number elected and the leading vote totals, but does not give further details about the distribution of votes among the rest of the candidates.
Thapa had previously joined the central committee
Thapa had already been elected a central committee member at the Nepali Congress's special general convention held in December. Her latest result came at the party's 15th General Convention, where she again secured a place in the CWC through the open women's category and led its vote count.
The earlier election and the current result are separate milestones in Thapa's party career: she entered the central committee at the special convention in December, then topped the tally in the open women's category at the 15th General Convention. The available information does not state whether her earlier position affects the status of her latest election.
The Election Committee's announcement provides the central outcome for the category: 15 women were elected, with Thapa first, Thapaliya second and Giri next in the reported order. Further candidate-by-candidate figures were not included in the information available about the result.
