Nepali Congress Sher Bahadur Deuba has been elected as president of Nepali Congress. Deuba defeated Shekhar Koirala by 907 votes in the second round of voting on Tuesday and was elected president for a second term.
In the second round of voting, 4,623 votes were cast and a majority of 2,311 votes was needed to be elected president. Deuba got 2733 votes while his nearest rival Koirala got 1855 votes.