Shekhar Koirala

Honourable
Shekhar Koirala
MP
Honourable Shekhar Koirala MP
शेखर कोईराला
	Legislature Parliament of Nepal
	In office; 21 January 2014 – 14 October 2017
Constituency	Morang 7
Personal details
Born	August 25, 1950 (age 73); Morang district
Political party	Nepali Congress
Spouse	Poonam Koirala
Parents	Keshav Prasad Koirala (father); Nona Koirala (mother);

Shekhar Koirala (Nepali: डा. शेखर कोईराला) is a central working committee member of the Nepali Congress and a member of the 2nd Federal Parliament of Nepal.

Political life

He is the current member of

BPKIHS, an autonomous Health Science University.^[2] He was the person to garner highest number of votes for the post member of Nepali Congress Central Working Committee.^[3]

14th general convention of Nepali Congress

Shekhar Koirala ran for the post of Party Chairman in 14th general convention of Nepali Congress which he lost to Sher Bahadur Deuba in 2nd round. He along with Youth Leaders formed the alliance (Koirala) and gave the candidacy in all posts winning 1 Vice-Chairman (Dhanraj Gurung), 1 General Secretary (Gagan Thapa), 2 Joint General Secretary (Jiwan Pariyar and Badri Pandey (politician)) and 34 Central committee members.

1st Round for Party Chairman

Candidate's Name	Pannel	Votes		Percentage	Result	Reference
Candidate's Name	Pannel	Obtained	Total	Percentage	Result	Reference
Sher Bahadur Deuba	Deuba-Sitaula-Poudel-Shashank	2258	4679	48.25	Round 2	In 2nd round for not crossing 50%(+1) votes.^[4]
Shekhar Koirala	Koirala	1702		36.37	Round 2
Prakash Man Singh	Singh	371		7.92
Bimalendra Nidhi	Nidhi	250		5.34
Kalyan Gurung	Independent	22		0.47

2nd Round for Party Chairman

Candidate's Name	Support	Votes		Percentage	Result	Reference
Candidate's Name	Support	Obtained	Total	Percentage	Result	Reference
Sher Bahadur Deuba	Deuba-Nidhi-Singh-Sitaula-Poudel-Shashank	2733^[5]	4623	59.12%	Elected	^[6]^[7]
Shekhar Koirala	Koirala	1855	4623	40.13%		^[6]^[7]

Birth and family

He was born on 25 August 1950 to father Keshav Prasad Koirala and Nona Koirala belonging to Koirala family of politicians.^[1]

Medical profession

He is a physician by profession. He worked at

BPKIHS and Koshi Zonal Hospital.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Dr. Shekhar Koirala". election.ujyaaloonline.com. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
^ "ampnews/2014-09-17/bpkihs-registrar-appeals-to-end-strike". kathmandupost.ekantipur.com. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
^ "Shekhar Koirala maintains lead in NC CWC vote count". thehimalayantimes.com. March 12, 2016. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
^ "Nepali Congress". nepalicongress.org. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
^ "केन्द्रीय सभापति पदको मतपरिणामको घोषणा (२०७८।०८।२९)". nepalicongress.org. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 2021-12-15.
^ "शेखरमा सर्‍यो शशांकले धान्न नसकेको कोइराला परिवारको विरासत". ekagaj. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
^ सेतोपाटी संवाददाता. अन्तत: निधिले रोके देउवालाई. Setopati (in Hindi). Retrieved 2021-12-14.

[ujyaaloonline-1] "Dr. Shekhar Koirala". election.ujyaaloonline.com. Retrieved 2017-06-11.

[ekantipur-2] "ampnews/2014-09-17/bpkihs-registrar-appeals-to-end-strike". kathmandupost.ekantipur.com. Retrieved 2017-06-11.

[thehimalayantimes-3] "Shekhar Koirala maintains lead in NC CWC vote count". thehimalayantimes.com. March 12, 2016. Retrieved 2017-06-11.

[4] "Nepali Congress". nepalicongress.org. Retrieved 2021-12-14.

[5] "केन्द्रीय सभापति पदको मतपरिणामको घोषणा (२०७८।०८।२९)". nepalicongress.org. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 2021-12-15.

[6] "शेखरमा सर्‍यो शशांकले धान्न नसकेको कोइराला परिवारको विरासत". ekagaj. Retrieved 2021-12-14.

[7] सेतोपाटी संवाददाता. अन्तत: निधिले रोके देउवालाई. Setopati (in Hindi). Retrieved 2021-12-14.

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