Nepali Congress

The Nepali Congress, colloquially known as the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a social democratic political party in Nepal. With 870,106 members as of the party's 14th... Wikipedia

  • Abbreviation:  NC
  • Leader:  Bhishma Raj Angdembe
  • President:  Gagan Thapa
  • General Secretary:  Pradip Paudel, Gururaj Ghimire
  • Presidium:  Central Working Committee House of Representatives
  • Spokesperson:  Devraj Chalise
  • Vice-president:  Bishwa Prakash Sharma, Pushpa Bhusal
  • Joint general secretary:  Udaya Shumsher Rana, Yogendra Chaudhary, Dila Sangraula, Prakash Rasaili, Bahadur Singh Lama, Farmullah Mansoor, Mukta Kumari Yadav, Karna Bahadur Budha
  • Treasurer:  Umesh Shrestha
  • Founder:  B. P. Koirala and others
  • Founded:  April 09, 1950
  • Merger of:  National Congress, Democratic Congress
  • Headquarters:  B.P. Smriti Bhawan, B.P. Nagar, Lalitpur
  • Think tank:  Policy Research and Training Centre
  • Student wing:  Nepal Student Union
  • Youth wing:  Nepal Tarun Dal
  • Women's wing:  Nepal Woman Association
  • Labour wing:  Nepal Trade Union Congress
  • Peasant's wing:  Nepal Farmers Association
  • Membership (June 2026):  687,931, decreased from 870,106 (December 2021) -182,175 (20.94%)
  • Ideology:  Social democracy, Democratic socialism, Third Way
  • Political position:  Centre to centre-left
  • Regional affiliation:  Network of Social Democracy in Asia
  • International affiliation:  Socialist International, Progressive Alliance
  • Colours:  Green, Red
  • ECN Status:  National Party (2nd largest)
  • House of Representatives:  38 / 275
  • National Assembly:  24 / 59
  • Provincial Assemblies:  176 / 550
  • Chief Ministers:  4 / 7
  • Mayors/Chairs:  333 / 753
  • Councillors:  13,730 / 35,011
  • Data source:  DuckDuckGo