Kathmandu, Oct. 11 -- Vote counting for the vice-president and general secretary posts under the Nepali Congress' 15th General Convention has been suspended after candidates demanded that figures for all ballots counted so far be entered into the computer system before the tally proceeds. The count, halted about an hour earlier, had yet to resume.

Counting began at around 10pm on Saturday and proceeded slowly through Sunday morning. By then, results for only 1,330 votes had been made public. Candidates sought a complete record of the figures after details of roughly 700 additional votes already counted had not been released.

Election officials have since been entering the figures into the computer system. Jeevan Pariyar, a candidate for...