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Congress leadership election postponed to Friday morning
Voting delayed as the party struggles to print ballots with long lists of candidates in several clusters.bookmark
Kulchandra Neupane
Published at : October 8, 2026
Updated at : October 8, 2026 16:36
Kathmandu
Voting to elect the Nepali Congress leadership, scheduled for Thursday, has been postponed until Friday morning after delays in printing ballots due to the large number of candidates in several clusters.
The election, initially scheduled for 7am on Wednesday, was repeatedly pushed back to 10am, 1pm and 2pm and then to Thursday.
Prem Bahadur Khadka, coordinator of the Congress Central Election Committee, said voting will now begin at 7am on Friday.
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