The much awaited and very much hyped NRN Finland election took place today,15th August 2009 at Kettukuja 4,Helsinki. The 1st ever General Assembly of the organisation also took place at the same venue. Out of 388 registered members of the organisation, there were 351 valid votes out of which 85 votes came through post from finnish NRNs of other cities. The voting started from 9 in the morning and ended at 6 pm. In between there was a break for the GA as well. There was an overwhelming turnup of Nepalese people which some people referred to as the largest number of Nepalese Gathering in History at any place in Finland. After 6 pm, the election committee started counting.
It was an amazing sight to see so much enthusiasm among the voters and as the election committee was providing regular updates of the development of the voting scores, there were many people informing about the updates to others via mobile phones too.The results were announced at 10:40 pm according to which the newly elected Chairperson of NRN finland is Mr. Jyoti Prakash Kharel who won the election by 222 against his competitor Mr. Lila Nath Silwal who got 88 votes. Mr. Sushil Gyawali has already been nominated as the ICC representative member after his opponent withdrew his candidacy. Apart from that, the 20 newly elected board members(along with their election serial number) are:
3 Ram Prasad Aryal (200 votes)4 Arun Pokharel (176 votes)
5 Pratigya Khanal (185 votes)
6 Mohan Aryal (218 votes)
7 Teeka Kharel (148 votes)
8 Sudeep Bhushan Aryal (114 votes)
9 Manoj Kumal (135 votes)
11 Dilu Sapkota (121 votes)
12 Suman Khadka (187 votes)
13 Shabbir Mohammad (137 votes)
14 Byoma Tamrakar (193 votes)
15 Bishwas Hamal (160 votes)
16 Jagannath Kafle (120 votes)
18 Binas Timsina (Yogendra) (156 votes)
19 Gopal Aryal (167 votes)20 Jeevan Kharel (163 votes)
21 Bijendra Neupane (221 votes)
22 Laxmipati Bhandari (148 votes)
23 Devidutta Kharel (186 votes)
24 Krishna Bhandari (237 votes)
After the results were out, The newly elected president gave his first speech as the Chairperson and requested everyone to leave the you vs me feeling created by the election and work together to create a better NRN community in Finland. He also asked for 388 new ideas and plans from the 388 registered members which was highly appreciated. The newly formed Executive board will now appoint Vice-Chairperson, Treasurer and Secretary from among themselves after their first meeting.
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