The 15th General Convention of the Nepali Congress was the internal election of the Nepali Congress party scheduled to be held 10 to 12 January 2026 in Kathmandu. Similarly, the convention of the 7 provinces and 77 districts were held at the same time. The conventions at ward level commenced on 30 December 2025.
Nearly 850,000 active members of the party throughout the country took part in this occasion from ward to national level. The total of 4,783 delegates were elected from 165 constituencies- which in turn voted to elect central level portfolios. All the 165 constituency elects 25 delegates for national convention and 330 provincial constituency each elect 16 for provincial conventions.
The party forged a deal with CPN (UML) in July 2024 to form a new coalition government under CPN (UML) under leadership rotation basis. The coalition government introduced a mandate to shut down social media for failing to register with the government which served as the trigger for the 2025 Gen Z protests. Following the death of 19 protestors as a result of the use of live ammunition, home minister Ramesh Lekhak from the party resigned, other ministers also resigned the next morning, but protestors vandalized the party headquarters and other local offices of the party across the country. Party president Sher Bahadur Deuba was assaulted at his residence along with his wife and foreign minister Arzu Rana Deuba. The houses of other leaders of the party were also vandalized and set ablaze. The government also resigned following the protests.
Party youth leaders including Gagan Thapa, Bishwa Prakash Sharma and Pradip Paudel led a debate within party and proposed party convention to be conducted before election to bring reform in the party for which signature campaign was run to call special convention. Amidst such discussions, Sher Bahadur Deuba became first politician of any mainstream major party to hand over leadership assigning party vice president Purna Bahadur Khadka as acting president.