Results of the Nepali Congress’s 15th General Convention are out. The Kathmandu Post reports Gagan Thapa won the presidency with 94 percent of the vote. In the open vice-president race, Chandra Kant Bhandari received 3,735 votes and Madhu Acharya 2,342. In the inclusive category, Binod Kumar Chaudhary got 1,745 votes and beat Jeevan Pariyar by 87. Pradeep Paudel topped the open general secretary race with 4,194 votes. Udaya Shumsher Rana took the second open seat with 2,330 votes, edging Sunil Kumar Sharma by 73. In the women’s category, Dila Sangroula won 3,118 votes against Mahalaxmi Upadhyay’s 2,864 and became the first woman general secretary in the party’s history. Paudel, Rana and Sangroula were earlier seen as Deuba-aligned but later joined the Thapa-led process. The count had earlier been briefly halted over a demand to enter tallies digitally.