Nepal, Oct. 12 -- Dr Chandra Kant Bhandari and Madhu Acharya have been elected vice-presidents of the Nepali Congress (NC) under the open category, while Binod Kumar Chaudhary has won the inclusive category.

In the open category, Bhandari secured 3,735 votes, while Acharya received 2,342 votes. Other candidates included Govinda Bhattarai, who received 1,752 votes; Surendra Raj Pandey, 1,673; Dhanraj Gurung, 1,596; Deepak Giri, 923; and Prof. Dr Chandra Mohan Yadav, 760.

In the inclusive category, Chaudhary won with 1,745 votes. His rivals Jeevan Pariyar, Farmullah Mansoor, Sita Gurung and Ranjeet Karn received 1,658, 1,144, 1,112 and 562 votes, respectively.

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