Nepali Congress Concludes Internal Sabotage Led to Defeats in at Least 21 Constituencies

Kathmandu. The Nepali Congress has concluded that the party suffered defeat in at least 21 constituencies in the recently held House of Representatives elections due to internal sabotage. During the ongoing Central Committee meeting, a detailed analysis of the election results indicated that internal strife and misunderstanding were the main reasons for the loss.

Party Spokesperson Devraj Chalise informed that internal disputes and weak campaign efforts were primarily responsible for the losses in constituencies where the margin of defeat was between 3,000 and 5,000 votes. Congress identified its major weakness in areas where it was defeated by a large margin of 5,000 to 10,000 votes as its inability to counter the adverse narrative spread by the opposition, coupled with internal sabotage.

According to Spokesperson Chalise, in several areas, not only organizational weaknesses but also a decline in voter confidence in the Congress was observed. The meeting determined that the party had to lose a significant number of seats because it failed to effectively counter the issues that put the party on the defensive during the elections.

Serious questions were raised in the meeting regarding the ratio of the party's active membership count to the votes received. Spokesperson Chalise stated that it is worrying that a party with over 850,000 active members received only 1,759,000 votes. The fact that the expected number of votes did not materialize, even assuming an average of 4 voters per member, clearly exposed the gap between the party's organization and public mandate.

Congress views the fact that the number of votes did not increase proportionally to the rise in membership—from about 100,000 members during the 9th General Convention to 870,000 members by the 14th General Convention—as a matter concerning its very existence.

Congress is currently engaged in an in-depth discussion about the basis on which its traditional votes were transferred elsewhere in this election. The Central Committee is taking seriously whether this is merely a migration of votes or if there has been a fundamental change in voter mentality.

The ongoing meeting is also focused on discussing the leadership's working style and the President's resignation, alongside the election review. The meeting claimed it would determine a new direction to re-energize Congress and take it back to the people.