15th general convention of Nepali Congress
The 15th General Convention of the Nepali Congress is the internal election of the Nepali Congress party scheduled to be held 10 to 12 January 2026 in Kathmandu.[1][2] Similarly, the convention of the 7 provinces and 77 districts are expected to be held in same time.[3] The conventions at ward level would commence on 30 December 2025.[4]
Nearly 850,000 active members of the party throughout the country are expected to take part in this occasion from ward to national level. The total of 4,783 delegates were elected from 165 constituencies- which in turn voted to elect central level portfolios. All the 165 constituency elects 25 delegates for national convention and 330 provincial constituency each elect 16 for provincial conventions.[4]
Background
The party forged a deal with CPN (UML) in July 2024 to form a new coalition government under CPN (UML) under leadership rotation basis.[5][6] The coalition government introduced a mandate to shut down social media for failing to register with the government which served as the trigger for the 2025 Gen Z protests. Following the death of 19 protestors as a result of the use of live ammunition, home minister Ramesh Lekhak from the party resigned, other ministers also resigned the next morning, but protestors vandalized the party headquarters and other local offices of the party across the country. Party president Sher Bahadur Deuba was assaulted at his residence along with his wife and foreign minister Arzu Rana Deuba. The houses of other leaders of the party were also vandalized and set ablaze. The government also resigned following the protests.[7][8][9][10][11]
Party youth leaders including Gagan Thapa, Bishwa Prakash Sharma and Pradip Paudel led a debate within party and proposed party convention to be conducted before election to bring reform in the party for which signature campaign was run to call special convention.[12] Amidst such discussions, Sher Bahadur Deuba became first politician of any mainstream major party to hand over leadership assigning party vice president Purna Bahadur Khadka as acting president.[13]
Election timetable
| Date | Events[2] |
|---|---|
| 15 December 2025 | Last day for sending membership data to central office
(For foreign committees) |
| 18 December 2025 | Last day for sending active membership data to central office |
| 20 December 2025 | Verification deadline of active membership by central |
| 30 December 2025 | Deadline for convention of foreign committees |
| 31 December 2025 | Ward level convention |
| 1 January 2026 | Municipal level convention |
| 3 January 2026 | Provincial constituency level election |
| 5 January 2026 | Federal constituency and district level convention
(for districts with only one parliamentary constituency) |
| 6 January 2026 | District level convention
(Districts with multiple parliamentary constituency) |
| 7 - 8 January 2026 | Provincial level convention |
| 10 - 12 January 2026 | Federal level convention |
See also
References
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- ^ a b कार्यतालिका, बाह्रखरी :: कांग्रेसको महाधिवेशन पुस २६देखि, यस्तो छ. "कांग्रेसको महाधिवेशन पुस २६देखि, यस्तो छ कार्यतालिका". कांग्रेसको महाधिवेशन पुस २६देखि, यस्तो छ कार्यतालिका. Retrieved 2025-12-01.
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- ^ a b सेतोपाटी संवाददाता. "कांग्रेसको १५ औं महाधिवेशन पुस २६ देखि २८ गतेसम्म काठमाडौंमा गर्ने निर्णय". Setopati. Retrieved 2025-12-01.
- ^ "Key partner withdraws support from Nepal's government to join new coalition". Associated Press. July 4, 2024.
- ^ "Oli becomes prime minister for fourth time, swearing-in today". Kathmandu Post. Archived from the original on 15 July 2024. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ "Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak resigns". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2025-10-07.
- ^ "Health Minister Poudel resigns from his post". GorakhaPatra. Retrieved 2025-10-07.
- ^ "Nepali Congress Central Office in Sanepa vandalized, torched". The Himalayan Times. 2025-09-09. Retrieved 2025-10-07.
- ^ "NC Central Office; 48 district committee offices receive damages during Gen-Z protests". GorakhaPatra. Retrieved 2025-10-07.
- ^ "NC deplores attack on Deuba couple". The Himalayan Times. 2025-09-15. Retrieved 2025-10-07.
- ^ "Congress' Gagan Thapa calls for December convention". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2025-11-04.
- ^ "Deuba assigns Khadka as acting Nepali Congress president". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2025-11-04.