Nepal: Ram Chandra Poudel of the Nepali Congress was elected as Nepal’s third president on Thursday.
Poudel, a common candidate of an eight-party alliance that included the Nepali Congress and the CPN (Maoist Center), received the support of 214 legislators and 352 provincial assembly members.
#BREAKING | 78-year-old Ram Chandra Poudel is elected as the third president of #Nepal
He defeated Subas Chandra Nembang of CPN UML in the presidential race. pic.twitter.com/IgNYeepWUq
— DD News (@DDNewslive) March 9, 2023
The total number of voters in the presidential election is 882, which includes 332 members of Parliament and 550 members of the provincial assemblies of the seven provinces.
According to Shaligram, the Election Commission’s spokesperson, 518 Provincial Assembly members and 313 Members of the Federal Parliament voted in the presidential election.
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This is Nepal’s third presidential election since it became a republic in 2008.
Following a schism over backing Paudel for the presidential election, former Prime Minister KP Sharma’s CPN-UML, Nepal’s second largest party in Parliament, withdrew its support for Prime Minister “Prachanda’s” government.
Paudel’s victory in the presidential election is almost certain, thanks to the support of eight political parties.
The current president, Bidya Devi Bhandari, will leave office on March 12.
Furthermore, according to Nepal’s Election Commission, 313 members of the federal parliament voted, while 518 members of the province assemblies also voted to select the next president.
The voting took place at Nepal’s Parliament building in Kathmandu’s New Baneshwar. The Himalayan nation’s Election Commission had set up two separate polling stations at the Hall for federal parliamentarians and Province Assembly members.
The Election Officer’s Office confirmed that the presidential election results will be announced at 7 p.m. (NST)
All provinces’ legislators have arrived in Kathmandu for the election. The Electoral College is made up of 884 members, including 275 members of the House of Representatives, 59 members of the National Assembly, and 550 members of the seven provincial assemblies.
