10th general convention of Nepali Congress

10th General Convention of Nepali Congress
19–22 January 2001
Majority of valid delegate ballots
 
Candidate Girija Prasad Koirala Sher Bahadur Deuba
Vote 936 (64.4%) 507 (34.9%)
Leader before election

Girija Prasad Koirala

 Elected Leader

Girija Prasad Koirala

The 10th General Convention of the Nepali Congress was held in Pokhara, Nepal, from 19 to 22 January 2001.[1] The event was organized in the midst of severe political instability, parliamentary deadlock, the growing Maoist insurgency, and just months before the June 2001 royal palace massacre. Delegates at the convention discussed several critical matters, including economic policy responses, the Maoist insurgency, and law and order concerns.[2][3]

Leadership election

The convention re-elected incumbent party president and Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala for a second term. He won with 936 votes (64%) out of 1,453 valid ballots, defeating former prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba (507 votes) and former minister Ram Hari Joshi (10 votes).

CandidateVotes%
Girija Prasad Koirala93664.4
Sher Bahadur Deuba50734.9
Total1,453100

Central Working Committee elections

The convention also elected members of the party's Central Working Committee (CWC).[1]

CandidateVotes
Ram Chandra Paudel1,015
Shailaja Acharya898
Prakash Man Singh850
Khum Bahadur Khadka812
Parakeet Koirala794
Mahesh Acharya781
Sushil Koirala776
Pradeep Giri662
Narahari Acharya653
Arjun Narasingha KC652
Baldev Sharma Majgainya593
Krishna Prasad Sitaula586
Mahantha Thakur583
Bala Bahadur Rai580
Bijaya Kumar Gachhadar575
Govind Raj Joshi569
Bimalendra Nidhi566
Chiranjibi Wagle540
Total 1,453

Nominated members

Party president Koirala also nominated the following leaders to the CWC:

Aftermath

On 25 September 2001, Koirala nominated Govind Raj Joshi as joint general secretary, Arjun Narasingha KC as party spokesman and Mahantha Thakur as treasurer.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Nepal Conflict Report – Report by FES (2002)". Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). 2002. Archived from the original on 5 January 2025. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  2. ↑ During the five-day hectic activities, Nepali Congress delegates discussed some very important issues including economic policies, Maoist problems and law and ...
  3. ↑ "Spotlight, January 2001 Issue" (PDF). Spotlight. 26 January 2001. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
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