14th general convention of Nepali Congress

The 14th General Convention of the Nepali Congress, in which delegates of the Nepali Congress Party re-elected Sher Bahadur Deuba as chairman, was held 13–15 December 2021, at Bhrikuti Mandap, Kathmandu.^[1] Similarly, the convention of the six Province was held from 2–3 December.^[1] The convention of the Pradesh 2 was delayed and held after National Convention on 22–23 December 2021.^[2]

14th General Convention of Nepali Congress

← 2016 13–15 December 2021 On or before 2026 →
50% + 1 votes needed to avoid a runoff
Candidate Sher Bahadur Deuba Shekhar Koirala Prakash Man Singh First Round 2,258 (48.3%) 1,702 (36.4%) 371 (7.9%) Runoff 2,733 (59.1%) 1,855 (40.1%) Eliminated   Candidate Bimalendra Nidhi Kalyan Gurung First Round 250 (5.3%) 22 (0.5%) Runoff Eliminated Eliminated
Leader before election Sher Bahadur Deuba Elected Leader Sher Bahadur Deuba

Nearly 850,000 active members of the party throughout the country took part in this occasion from ward to national level.^[3][4] The total of 4,783 delegates were elected from 165 constituencies- which in turn voted to elect central level portfolios.^[5]

Central Committee Portfolio Election

2nd Round for Party Chairman

Candidate's Name	Support	Votes		Percentage	Result	Reference
		Obtained	Total
Sher Bahadur Deuba	Deuba-Nidhi-Singh-Sitaula	2733[6]	4623	59.12%	Elected	[7][8]
Shekhar Koirala	Koirala-KC-Thapa	1855		40.13%

1st Round for Party Chairman

Candidate's Name	Pannel	Votes		Percentage	Result	Reference
		Obtained	Total
Sher Bahadur Deuba	Deuba-Sitaula	2258	4679	48.25	Round 2	In 2nd round for not crossing 50%(+1) votes.[9]
Shekhar Koirala	Koirala-KC-Thapa	1702		36.37	Round 2
Prakash Man Singh	Singh	371		7.92
Bimalendra Nidhi	Nidhi	250		5.34
Kalyan Gurung	Independent	22		0.47

Party Portfolios

Candidate's Name		Pannel	Votes		Percentage	Result	Reference
			Obtained	Total
Vice-chairman (2)							[10][11][12][13][14][15]
Dibeshwory Shah		Nidhi	132	4679	2.82
Mahesh Acharya		Independent	589		12.58
Sujata Koirala		Singh	644		13.76
Chandra Bhandari		Koirala	1580		33.76
Dhanraj Gurung			1908		40.77	Elected
Purna Bahadur Khadka		Deuba	2121		45.33	Elected
Bijay Kumar Gachhadar			1906		40.73
General Secretary (2)
Raja Ram Karki		Nidhi	106	4682	2.26
Bishwa Prakash Sharma		Singh	1984		42.38	Elected
Gagan Thapa		Koirala	3023		64.57	Elected
Minendra Rijal			809		17.28
Prakash Sharan Mahat		Deuba	1556		33.23
Pradip Paudel			1393		29.75
Quota	Deputy General Secretary (8)
Khas Arya	Devraj Chalise	Koirala	2059	4635	44.43
	Kishore Singh Rathore	Deuba	2576		55.57	Elected
Madhesi	Ram Krishna Yadav	Koirala-Nidhi	1820	4622	39.37
	Ranjit Karna	Independent	472		10.21
	Mahendra Yadav	Deuba	2330		50.41	Elected
Tharu	Teju Lal Chaudhary	Koirala	1877	4639	40.46
	Uma Kant Chaudhary	Deuba	2762		59.63	Elected
Women	Kamala Panta	Koirala	2105	4638	45.39
	Dina Upadhyaya	Deuba	2533		54.61	Elected
Adibasi Janajati	Bikash Lama	Koirala	1913	4681	40.87
	Bhishmaraj Angdembe	Deuba	2711		57.92	Elected
Dalit	Jiwan Pariyar	Koirala	2215	4670	47.43	Elected
	Man Bahadur Bishwakarma	Deuba	2175		46.57
	Ganga Sunuwar	Nidhi	229		4.90
Muslim	Shekh Wakil	Koirala	1871	4647	40.26
	Farmulla Mansur	Deuba	2776		59.73	Elected
Backwarded area	Badri Pandey	Koirala	2411	4643	51.92	Elected
	Chetraj Bajal	Nidhi	99		2.13
	Jeevan Bahadur Shahi	Deuba	2133		45.94

Surveys and opinion polls

Date	News agency	Shekhar Koirala	Sher Bahadur Deuba	Prakash Man Singh	Bimalendra Nidhi	Kalyan Gurung	Result
13 December 2021	Ekagaj[16]	24%	41%	19%	14%	2.0%	Hung

Central Committee Members

As per the constitution of the party, 35 people shall be elected under open category, 9 under women, 21 from provinces at the rate of 3 from each, 9 from Dalit, 15 from Adivasi Janajati, 13 from Khas Arya, 9 from Madheshi, 4 from women, 3 women from central members and 3 women members.

SN	Elected Central working committee members (167)
	Open Category (35)[17][18]	Votes
1	Shashanka Koirala	3836
2	Narayan Prakash Saud	2937
3	Bal Krishna Khand	2879
4	Udaya Shumsher Rana	2843
5	Ram Hari Khatiwada	2823
6	Gyanendra Bahadur Karki	2820
7	Ramesh Lekhak	2780
8	Shankar Bhandari	2762
9	Jeep Tshering Lama	2702
10	Arjun Narasingha K.C.	2650
11	Jit Jung Basnet	2557
12	Gopal Man Shrestha	2538
13	Mohan Bahadur Basnet	2476
14	Sunil Bahadur Thapa	2472
15	Nain Singh Mahar	2467
16	Dilendra Prasad Badu	2441
17	Ram Saran Mahat	2434
18	Bal Bahadur K.C.	2388
19	Govinda Bhattarai	2350
20	Kundan Raj Kafle	2279
21	Deepak Giri	2265
22	Surendra Raj Pandey	2201
23	Padma Narayan Chaudhary	2038
24	Rajeev Dhungana	1896
25	Guru Baral	1870
26	Sanjay Kumar Gautam	1867
27	Govinda Raj Pokharel	1843
28	Madan Bahadur Amatya	1830
29	Ajay Babu Siwakoti	1811
30	Ganesh Lama	1782
31	Dinesh Koirala	1781
32	Umesh Jung Rayamajhi	1776
33	Mohan Acharya	1751
34	Gopal Dahit	1710
35	Krishna Kishor Ghimire	1707
Women (9)
1	Dila Sangraula	2885
2	Puspa Bhusal	2718
3	Arzu Rana Deuba	2536
4	Ambika Basnet	2339
5	Ishwari Neupane	2259
6	Sarita Prasai	2096
7	Rama Koirala Paudel	1885
8	Sushila Dhakal	1804
9	Rangmati Shahi	1789
Khas Arya (13; 7 Open + 6 Women)
1	Manju Khand	2181
2	Keshav Kumar Budhathoki	2115
3	Gobinda Bahadur Shah	2073
4	Nanu Bastola	2001
5	Bhim Parajuli	1947
6	Shyam Sundar Ghimire	1919
7	Champa Devi Khadka	1906
8	Pratima Gautam	1891
9	Madhu Prasad Acharya	1849
10	Narayan Bahadur Karki	1836
11	Kantika Sejuwal	1885
12	Gehendra Giri	1803
13	Bidya Devi Timalsina	1825
Madheshi (9; 5 Open + 4 Women)
1	Mukta Kumari Yadav	3969
2	Minakshi Jha	3012
3	Manju Kumari Yadav	2883
4	Nagina Yadav	2846
5	Ajay Chaurasiya	2522
6	Binod Chaudhary	2206
7	Chandra Mohan Yadav	2138
8	Mahendra Kumar Raya	1984
9	Dinesh Kumar Yadav	1959
Dalit (9; 5 Open + 4 Women)
1	Laxmi Pariyar	2418
2	Sujata Pariyar	2381
3	Man Bahadur Nepali	2240
4	Prakash Rasaili	2226
5	Hari Sharan Nepali	2051
6	Shanti Pariyar BK	2196
7	Nrip Bahadur Wad	2195
8	Rupa BK	2013
9	Maikulal Balmiki	1892
Adhibasi Janajati (15; 8 Open + 7 Women)
1	Chin Kaji Shrestha	2308
2	Sita Gurung	2307
3	Umesh Shrestha	2144
4	Anjani Shrestha	2124
5	Bahadur Singh (Lama) Tamang	2114
6	Saraswati Bajimaya	2048
7	Dilman Pakhrin	1976
8	Tek Bahadur Gurung	1906
9	Ang Gelu Sherpa	1898
10	Tara Man Gurung	1848
11	Maya Rai	1873
12	Ganga Laxmi Awal	1857
13	Sita Kumari Rana	1835
14	Sushila Thing	1795
15	Tek Prasad Gurung	1778
Tharu (4)
1	Kalpana Chaudhary	2524
2	Ram Janam Chaudhary	2422
3	Jeevan Rana	2349
4	Yogendra Chaudhary	2160
Muslim (3; 2 Open+1 Women)
1	Abdul Razak	2390
2	Abdul Satar	2228
3	Javed Khatun	1900
Backwarded area (1)
1	Arjun Jang Bahadur Singh	2577
Minority (1)
1	Pradeep Kumar Sunuwar	2171
Disabled (1)
1	Madan Krishna Shrestha	1640

Province category

Provinces (21)
Koshi	Madhesh	Bagmati	Gandaki	Lumbini	Karnali	Sudurpaschim
Mahendra Kumari Limbu	Chitra Lekha Yadav	Urmila Nepal KC	Saraswati Aryal Tiwari	Shila Sharma Khadka	Janaki Singh	Sushila Mishra Bhatta
Amrit Aryal	Ramesh Rijal	Rajan KC	Krishna Chandra Nepali Pokharel	Devendra Raj Kandel	Karna Bahadur Budha	Dr. Rana Bahadur Rawal
Rajeev Koirala	Ananda Prasad Dhungana	Dhyan Govinda Ranjit	Dhrub Wagle	Chandra Bahadur KC	Rajeev Bikram Shah	Yagya Raj Joshi

Nominated

SN	Nominated (33)	District	Date of nomination	Note
1	Ram Chandra Paudel	Tanahun	1 January 2022[19]	Resigned[20][21]
2	Prakash Man Singh	Kathmandu
3	Bimalendra Nidhi	Dhanusha
4	Bijay Kumar Gachhadar	Sunsari
5	Krishna Prasad Sitaula	Jhapa
6	Prakash Sharan Mahat	Nuwakot
7	Narayan Khadka	Udayapur
8	Uma Regmi	Chitwan
9	Sujata Koirala	Morang
10	Min Bahadur Bishwakarma	Sunsari
11	Jeevan Bahadur Shahi	Humla	2 January 2022[22]
12	Pradip Paudel	Tanahun
13	Kalyan Gurung
14	Kiran Yadav	Mahottari	16 August 2022[23]
15	Radha Ghale	Kathmandu
16	Dhana Khatiwada	Lalitpur
17	Urmila Thapaliya	Dhading
18	Rukmini Koirala	Morang
19	Kalyani Rijal	Kathmandu
20	Goma Bhattarai	Jhapa
21	Ganga Shahi	Rupandehi
22	Laxmi Khatiwada	Sunsari
23	Sita Devkota	Nawalpur
24	Minendra Rijal	Morang	5 May 2023[24]
25	Man Bahadur Biswakarma	Arghakhanchi	21 September 2023[25]
26	Arjun Prasad Joshi	Parbat
27	Dr. Chandra Bhandari	Gulmi
28	Shiva Prasad Humagain	Kavre
29	Kiran Raj Sharma Paudel	Baglung
30	Bharat Kumar Shah	Rupandehi
31	Sharada Paudel	Kaski
32	Anil Kumar Rungata	Parsa

Members of Central Working Committee

On 28 January 2022, NC president Sher Bahadur Deuba formed Central Working Committee which was approved by central committee.^[26][27]

SN	Office Holder (37)
1	Sher Bahadur Deuba
2	Purna Bahadur Khadka
3	Dhanraj Gurung
4	Gagan Thapa
5	Bishwa Prakash Sharma
6	Farmullah Mansoor
7	Umakanta Chaudhary
8	Maha Laxmi Upadhyaya
9	Bhishmaraj Angdembe
10	Mahendra Yadav
11	Kishore Singh Rathore
12	Badri Pandey
13	Jiwan Pariyar
14	Ram Chandra Paudel
15	Gopal Man Shrestha
16	Prakash Man Singh
17	Bimalendra Nidhi
18	Bijay Kumar Gachhadar
19	Krishna Prasad Sitaula
20	Shashanka Koirala
21	Chitra Lekha Yadav
22	Ram Sharan Mahat
23	Arjun Narasingha K.C.
24	Prakash Sharan Mahat
25	Shekhar Koirala
26	Sunil Bahadur Thapa
27	Bal Bahadur K.C.
28	Bal Krishna Khand
29	Gyanendra Bahadur Karki
30	Uma Regmi
31	Ramesh Rijal
32	Narayan Khadka
33	Jeep Tshering Lama
34	Sujata Koirala
35	Narayan Prakash Saud
36	Jeevan Bahadur Shahi
37	Ananda Prasad Dhungana

Provincial portfolio election

Province	Name	Supporting pannel	Votes		Percentage	Result	Quota	Reference
			obtained	Total
President (1)								[28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39]
Province No. 1	Uddhav Thapa	Sitaula-Deuba	844	1686	50.06	Won	Open
	Guru Ghimire	Koirala	842		49.94	Lost
Madhesh	Ram Saroj Yadav	Nidhi-Gagan-Koirala	855	1879[40]	45.50	Lost
	Krishna Yadav	Deuba	996		53.01	Won
Bagmati Province	Indra Baniya	Deuba	1085	2025	53.5	Won
	Jagadishwar Narasingha KC	Koirala	927		46.5	Lost
Gandaki Province	Shukra Raj Sharma	Koirala	612	1140	53.68	Won
	Arjun Joshi	Deuba	528		46.32	Lost
Lumbini Province	Amar Singh Pun	Koirala	852	1519	56.08	Won
	Bharat Kumar Shah	Deuba	667		43.92	Lost
Karnali Province	Lalit Jung Shahi	Deuba	422	800	52.75	Won
	Motiraj Bam	Nidhi	7		1	Lost
	Bhupendra Jung Shahi	Koirala	371		46.25	Lost
Sudurpashchim Province	Bir Bahadur Balayar	Deuba	553	782	70.72	Won
	Narayan Mishra	Koirala	229		29.28	Lost
Vice president (2)
Province No. 1	Ramesh Jung Rayamajhi	Deuba	890	1600	55.62	Won	Open
	Tanka Rai		847		52.93	Won
	Bishwanath Rijal	Koirala	699		31.18	Lost
	Govind Dhungana		765		47.81	Lost
Madhesh	Dhan Lal Thokkar	Nidhi-Gagan-Koirala	636			Lost
	Binod Kumar Khanal		740			Lost
	Birendra Singh	Deuba	1019			Won
	Chandra Shekhar Yadav		895			Won
Bagmati Province	Chandra Maharjan	Deuba	1037	2069	50.12	Won
	Dharmaraj Gautam		1004		48.52	Lost
	Mohan Basnet	Koirala	1059		51.18	Won
	Rajendra Burlakoti		837		40.4	Lost
Gandaki Province	Kalpana Tiwari	Koirala	624	1092	57.14	Won
	Hari Prasad Shrestha		548		50.18	Lost
	Mekhlal Shrestha	Deuba	556		50.91	Won
	Netra Mahat		456		41.75	Lost
Lumbini Province	Bhuwan Shrestha	Koirala	847	1536	51.8	Won
	Ashta Bhuja Pathak		772		47.21	Lost
	Raju Khanal	Deuba	792		48.44	Won
	Sudhakar Pandey		661		40.42	Lost
Karnali Province	Kali Bahadur Sahakari	Deuba	457	800	57.12	Won
	Sanat Kumari Karki		443		55.37	Won
	Debendra Bahadur Shahi	Koirala	385		48.19	Lost
	Tilak Bahadur Bhandari		315		39.38	Lost
Sudurpashchim Province	Gopal Gurung	Koirala	229	782	29.28	Lost
	Man Bahadur Rawal		218		27.88	Lost
	Him Bahadur Rawal	Nidhi	92		11.76	Lost
	Janak Chaudhary	Deuba	486		62.14	Won
	Lokraj Awasthi		427		54.6	Won
General Secretary (2)
Province No. 1	Bhupendra Rai	Deuba	824	1609	51.21	Won	Open
	Padmasundara Palungwa		807		50.15	Lost
	Umesh Thapa	Koirala	823		51.14	Won
	Dipen Shrestha		764		47.48	Lost
Madhesh	Binod Chaudhary	Independent	195
	Naresh Kumar Yadav	Nidhi-Gagan-Koirala	775
	Haresh Mahato		703
	Upendra Kumar Yadav	Deuba	959			Won
	Brihaspati Krishna Shrestha		788			Won
Bagmati Province	Raju Shrestha	Deuba	910	2069	43.98	Won
	Tilak Ruwali		760		36.73	Lost
	Ram Chandra Aryal "Michael"	Koirala	899		43.45	Lost
	Kanchan Chandra Bade		995		48.09	Won
	Gauri Parasd Dawadi	Nidhi	188		9.08	Lost
	Suresh Shrestha		163		7.87	Lost
Gandaki Province	Bishnu Lamichhane	Koirala	567	1085	52.25	Won
	Kiran Babu Shrestha		573		52.81	Won
	Kumar Khadka	Deuba	556		51.24	Lost
	Ishwar Pandey		473		43.59	Lost
Lumbini Province	Bikram Khanal	Koirala	844	1520	55.56	Won
	Surendraraj Acharya		839		55.2	Won
	Janmajay Timalsina	Deuba	706		46.44	Lost
	Khiman Singh Rayamajhi		651		42.82	Lost
Karnali Province	Niranjan KC	Deuba	425	800	53.125	Won
	Krishna Kumar Rokaya		423		52.875	Won
	Govinda Bahadur Koirala	Nidhi	55		6.875	Lost
	Krishna Bahadur BC	Koirala	313		39.13	Lost
	Khagendra Bahadur Malla		384		48.00	Lost
Sudurpashchim Province	Naranarayana (Manu) Sah	Deuba	511	782	65.34	Won
	Meghraj Khadka		519		66.36	Won
	Pratap Gurdami	Koirala	178		22.76	Lost
	Ram Bahadur Shahi		256		32.73	Lost
Deputy General Secretary (3)
Province No. 1	Khadga Bahadur Phago	Deuba	1026	1605	63.92	Won	Open
	Binod Kumar Basnet		747		46.54	Won
	Rohit Kumar Sah	Koirala	665		41.37	Lost
	Birkaji Rai		647		40.31	Lost
	Subhash Chandra Rai	Nidhi	125		7.78	Lost
	Pramila Gachchhadar	Deuba	837		50.11	Won	Women
	Indira Thapa	Nidhi	96	1670	5.74	Lost
	Sita Karki	Koirala	737		44.13	Lost
Madhesh	Ram Narayan Mahaseth	Independent	97				Open
	Arbind Amatya	Independent	257
	Narayan Chaudhary	Nidhi-Gagan-Koirala	601
	Binod Yadav		691
	Parshuram Chaudhari	Deuba	822			Won
	Jay Narayan Yadav		879			Won
	Bindu Yadav	Deuba	889			Won	Women
	Bhimadevi Sharma	Nidhi-Gagan-Koirala	532
	Rita Yadav	Independent	156
	Rekha Devi Mahara	Independent	76
Bagmati Province	Hari Sharan Shrestha	Deuba	839	2069	40.55	Won	Open
	Mahendra Thing		801		38.71	Lost
	Rishi Ram Ghimire	Koirala	916		44.27	Won
	Dil Bahadur Tamang		835		40.35	Lost
	Jeevan Dangol	Koirala	949	2069	45.86	Won	Women
	Moti Maya Tamang	Nidhi	218		10.53	Lost
	Niru Khadka	Deuba	786		37.98	Lost
Gandaki Province	Ram Chandra Joshi	Koirala	569	1114	51.07	Won	Open
	Ramesh Pandey		618		55.47	Won
	Rajan Raj Pant	Deuba	461		41.38	Lost
	Jhul Bahadur Rana		488		43.80	Lost
	Yub Raj Bastakoti	Nidhi	92		8.25	Lost
	Kopila Ranabhat	Koirala	552	1066	51.78	Won	Women
	Omkala Gautam	Deuba	514		48.21	Lost
Lumbini Province	Khagraj Pandey	Koirala	776	1532	50.65	Won	Open
	Bishnu Muskan		859		56.07	Won
	Lakshmi Narayan Shah	Deuba	676		44.12	Lost
	Maya Pun		752		49.08	Lost
	Nima Giri	Koirala	830	1517	54.71	Won	Women
	Sarita Chaudhary	Koirala	687		45.28	Lost
Karnali Province	Upendra Bahadur Thapa	Deuba	430	800	53.75	Won	Open
	Ekraj Dangi		451		51.87	Won
	Netralal Koirala	Koirala	362		45.25	Lost
	Jayananda Upadhyaya		393		49.13	Lost
	Ramchhaya Kumari Shahi	Deuba	435	800	54.37	Won	Women
	Devika Kumari Singh	Koirala	365		45.63	Lost
Sudurpashchim Province	Gopal Datta Bhatt	Deuba	429	782	54.85	Won	Open
	Chandramani Bhatt		429		54.85	Won
	Padma Raj Pant	Koirala	206		26.34	Lost
	Narendra Bhatt		179		22.89	Lost
	Laxman Bahadur Shahi	Nidhi	123		15.72	Lost
	Hark Bahadur Swar		58		7.41	Lost
	Ambika Chalaune	Deuba	554	782	70.84	Won	Women
	Khina Bhandari	Koirala	180		23.01	Lost

District president election

Supporting panel (Central leader)	No of district presidents won
Sher Bahadur Deuba	37
Shekhar Koirala	34
Bimalendra Nidhi	2
Prakash Man Singh	2
Krishna Prasad Sitaula	2
Total	77[41]