Kathmandu : Senior advocate Prof Dr Bijay Prasad Mishra has been elected as the president of Nepal Bar Association (NBA).     

According to the results of the elections held to the post released today, Mishra won by a margin of 2,431 votes.     

Senior Advocate Ram Krishna Nirala, Chief Electoral Officer of NBA Election 2081, Prof Dr Mishra secured 5,052 votes while his nearest contender senior advocate Raman Kumar Shrestha bagged 2,621 votes.     

Senior advocate Prof Dr Mishra’s panel from the Broader Democratic, Progressive, Professional, Nationalist and Inclusive Lawyers Group and Senior Advocate Shrestha’s group from the Professional Lawyers Group were competing for the new leadership.     

NBA Election 2081 Chief Electoral Officer Nirala said that Padam Prasad Limbu from Koshi Province, Ajay Shankar Jha from Madhes Province, Tej Bahadur Rawal from Bagmati Province, Bhupendra Khanal from Gandaki Province, Krishna Prasad Pokharel from Lumbini Province, Bibash Kumar Basnet from Karnali Province, Siddharaj Ojha from Sudurpaschim Province and Saraswati Shrestha from Open Women Cluster have been elected as the vice-presidents.     

Senior advocate Kedar Prasad Koirala won the post of General Secretary with 4,874 votes while his nearest rival Yagya Mani Neupane got 2,367 votes.     

Jagat Bahadur Karki has been elected as the Treasurer.     

The elected members are Chiranjibi Tilakyani (Dalit), Surya Kumar Yadav (Madhesi Muslims Outside Kathmandu Valley), Rinku Kumari Yadav (Madhesi Muslims Open), Raj Kumar Shrestha (indigenous nationalities outside Kathmandu Valley), Mangal Sundar Shilpkar (indigenous nationalities open), Indira Acharya (women outside Kathmandu Valley), Kiran Poudel (outside Kathmandu Valley) and Ranjita Karki (women open).     

Kiran Neupane, Sharada Gurung, Daman Bahadur Chand, Baburam Aryal, Dr Mukunda Adhikari and Madhav Mainali have been elected as members of the new working committee of the Bar from the open category.     

The number of voters was 9,997 and of them 7,995 (80 per cent) voted to elect the new working committee. A total of 57 candidates were in the fray for the 25-member executive committee.