Himal Press 
KATHMANDU: Voting to elect a new leadership of the CPN-UML is being held on Tuesday.
According to the election schedule revised for the third time, polling will take place from noon to 6 pm.
The party’s Central Election Commission published the preliminary list of candidates at 9 pm on Monday.
As per the list, two candidates have filed nominations for the post of chairperson: incumbent Chairperson KP Sharma Oli and Senior Vice-chairperson Ishwar Pokhrel.
A total of 11 candidates are contesting for the five vice-chairperson posts. They include Arun Nepal, Guru Prasad Baral, Gokarna Raj Bista, Parashuram Meghi Gurung, Prithvi Subba Gurung, Bhim Prasad Acharya, Raghuji Pant, Ram Bahadur Thapa, Dr Binda Pandey, and Bishnu Prasad Paudel.
Shankar Pokhrel and Surendra Prasad Pandey have filed their candidacies for the post of general secretary. Similarly, six candidates—Ananda Prasad Pokhrel, Yogesh Bhattarai, Raghubir Mahaseth, Lekhraj Bhatta, and Bishnu Prasad Rimal—are in the race for three deputy general secretary posts.
Likewise, 20 candidates have filed nominations for nine posts of secretary. More than 1,000 candidates are contesting for Centra Committee Member posts, representing various geographical clusters and sectors.
Meanwhile, 80 electronic voting machines are being used in the election. Each voter is expected to take at least 25 to 30 minutes to cast their ballot.
A total of 2,263 delegates are participating in the general convention.
