Sushil Koirala is a Nepal

Nepal

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ese politician and the 6th and current President

President of Nepali Congress

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 of the Nepali Congress

Nepali Congress

The Nepali Congress is a Nepalese political party. Nepali Congress led the 1950 Democratic Movement which successfully ended the Rana dynasty and allowed commoners to take part in the polity. It again led a democratic movement in 1990, in partnership with leftist forces, to end monarchy and...

 Party. He was elected to the post on September 22, 2010 at the 12th general convention

12th General Convention of the Nepali Congress

The twelfth general convention of the Nepali Congress party was held in Kathmandu from September 17 - 21, 2010. Elections were held for the posts of President, General Secretary and Treasurer...

 of the party. Koirala joined the party in 1954 and served in various capacities prior to becoming it's president in 2010.

Political career

Koirala entered politics in 1954 inspired by the social-democratic ideals of the Nepali Congress

Nepali Congress

The Nepali Congress is a Nepalese political party. Nepali Congress led the 1950 Democratic Movement which successfully ended the Rana dynasty and allowed commoners to take part in the polity. It again led a democratic movement in 1990, in partnership with leftist forces, to end monarchy and...

. He was in political exile in India for 16 years following the royal takeover of 1960. While in exile, Koirala was the editor of Tarun, the official party publication. He has been a member of the Central Working Committee of the party since 1979 and was appointed General Secretary of the party in 1996 and Vice President in 1998

Electoral History

He was elected to the Pratinidhi Sabha  from the Banke-2 constituency in 1991 and 1999  on a Nepali Congress

Nepali Congress

The Nepali Congress is a Nepalese political party. Nepali Congress led the 1950 Democratic Movement which successfully ended the Rana dynasty and allowed commoners to take part in the polity. It again led a democratic movement in 1990, in partnership with leftist forces, to end monarchy and...

 ticket. Koirala contested the 2008 Constituent Assembly elections

Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, 2008

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 from Banke-3 and lost coming in third behind the candidates of the Madeshi People's Rights Forum and the CPN (Maoist)

1991 Pratinidhi Sabha Election Banke-2

Party	Candidate	Votes	Status
Nepali Congress Nepali Congress The Nepali Congress is a Nepalese political party. Nepali Congress led the 1950 Democratic Movement which successfully ended the Rana dynasty and allowed commoners to take part in the polity. It again led a democratic movement in 1990, in partnership with leftist forces, to end monarchy and...	Sushil Koirala	-	Elected

1994 Pratinidhi Sabha Election Banke-2

Party	Candidate	Votes	Status
Rashtriya Prajatantra Party	Shanti Shamsher Rana	15,711	Elected
Nepali Congress Nepali Congress The Nepali Congress is a Nepalese political party. Nepali Congress led the 1950 Democratic Movement which successfully ended the Rana dynasty and allowed commoners to take part in the polity. It again led a democratic movement in 1990, in partnership with leftist forces, to end monarchy and...	Sushil Koirala	10,222	-

1999 Pratinidhi Sabha Election Banke-2

Party	Candidate	Votes	Status
Nepali Congress Nepali Congress The Nepali Congress is a Nepalese political party. Nepali Congress led the 1950 Democratic Movement which successfully ended the Rana dynasty and allowed commoners to take part in the polity. It again led a democratic movement in 1990, in partnership with leftist forces, to end monarchy and...	Sushil Koirala	15,256	Elected
CPN (M.L) Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) The Communist Party of Nepal , also known as CPN-UML, CPN, is one of the largest communist parties in Nepal. It was created on January 6, 1991 through the unification of the Communist Party of Nepal and the Communist Party of Nepal...	Rijwan Ahammad Sah	6,185

2008 Constituent Assembly Election Banke-3

Party	Candidate	Votes	Status
M.P.R.F - Nepal Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal or Madhesi People's Rights Forum, Nepal is a political party in Nepal. It was initially not a political party as such, but a political advocacy movement demanding ethnic self determination rights with the formation of a Madhes autonomous region, an election system...	Sarbadev Prasad Ojha	14,900	Elected
UCPN (Maoists)	Parma Nanda Kurmi	6970
Nepali Congress Nepali Congress The Nepali Congress is a Nepalese political party. Nepali Congress led the 1950 Democratic Movement which successfully ended the Rana dynasty and allowed commoners to take part in the polity. It again led a democratic movement in 1990, in partnership with leftist forces, to end monarchy and...	Sushil Koirala	5969