Overview
- KP Sharma Oli won a third consecutive term as party chair with 1,663 votes to Ishwor Pokharel’s 564 at the 11th General Convention in Kathmandu.
- Electronic voting machine glitches delayed polling and pushed balloting overnight, with 2,227 of roughly 2,263 delegates casting ballots for a 98.4% turnout.
- Oli’s panel secured 17 of 19 office-bearer posts, and ally Shankar Pokharel was elected general secretary over Surendra Pandey.
- The vote followed Oli’s September ouster during youth-led protests that a government assessment says left at least 77 dead and caused extensive damage.
- A caretaker administration has barred Oli from foreign travel during a commission’s inquiry, and in his victory speech he urged cadres to confront the interim government.