Congress vote count: Bhandari and Paudel maintain lead, full results to take a week

In the ongoing vote count for the Nepali Congress's 15th general convention, Dr. Chandrakanta Bhandari in the open category for vice-president and Pradip Paudel in the open category for general secretary have maintained their leads. Both retained their lead even after 5,500 votes were counted. In the inclusive category, Binod Chaudhary has again risen to first place.

With 6,000 votes counted, Bhandari has received 3,106 votes and Paudel 3,494 votes. Ratopati has reported that victory for both is now certain.

From Sunday evening, counting has also begun for the open category for joint general secretary, joint general secretary (women) and open category for women central member. The president, senior vice-president and women vice-president have already been elected unopposed. It has been said that complete results will take a week to come out.

Meanwhile, the election committee has said that reports of a missing ballot box in Madhesh Province are false.