The tenth general convention of the CPN (Unified Socialist) concluded on Friday without giving the central committee a full shape.

The convention was supposed to elect 299 central committee members and 21 office bearers through a vote. However, the convention elected only three office bearers, including the chairman, and picked 93 central members, all of them unanimously, without holding a vote.

The names of 93 members of the 299-member central committee were announced during a closed session Friday. Madhav Paudel, chief of the election committee, administered the oath of office and secrecy to the newly appointed central members.

The Unified Socialist Party, which has a 299-member central committee as per the party’s statute, said the names of the remaining central members will be finalised within ten days.

Leader Beduram Bhusal said the office-bearers and other central leaders couldn’t be elected due to a large number of aspirants.

“Now, a new central committee meeting will decide,” said Bhusal

On Thursday, Madhav Kumar Nepal and Ghanashyam Bhusal retained their positions as party chair and general secretary after they were unanimously selected for the party’s two key positions. Also, former prime minister Jhalanath Khanal was given continuity as the senior leader of the party.

The Unified Socialist, which is not a national party, has 10 lawmakers in the House of Representatives.

As per its statute, the party will have 21 office bearers, which include a chairman, a senior vice-chair, seven vice-chairs including one woman, a general secretary, four deputy general secretaries, and seven secretaries. Ahead of the general convention, the leaders amended the party statute to increase the number of office bearers to 21, besides the senior leader.

In August 2021, a group of CPN-UML leaders led by Madhav Kumar Nepal split the country’s largest communist party to form the Unified Socialist.