Gagan Thapa wins Congress presidency with 94 percent of the vote
Summary
Gagan Thapa has been elected president of the Nepali Congress, winning 6,584 votes and defeating Shyam Krishna Khadgi by a wide margin. He secured 93.88 percent of the votes cast, with 54 ballots declared invalid.
Key Points
- Gagan Thapa was elected president of the Nepali Congress.
- He received 6,584 votes, compared with 375 for Shyam Krishna Khadgi.
- A total of 7,013 votes were cast, including 54 invalid ballots.
- Thapa won by a margin of 6,209 votes.
