Ram Chandra Poudel elected as third president of republic Nepal

Ram Chandra Poudel has been elected as Nepal’s President. Senior leader of Nepali Congress (NC), Poudel received 214 votes from the Federal Parliament MPs and 352 votes from the Provincial Assembly lawmakers in the election held at the Federal Parliament on Thursday. Poudel, a common candidate of eight-party alliance that included Nepali Congress and the CPN (Maoist Center). The total number of voters for the election of the President is 882, consisting of 332 Members of the Parliament and 550 members of the provincial assemblies of the seven provinces.

Another presidential candidate Subash Chandra Nemwang of the CPN-UML, got 96 votes form the Federal Parliament members and 162 votes from the Provincial Assembly members. Three hundred and thirteen members of the federal parliament and 518 members of the provincial assemblies cast their votes in the Presidential election. The 78-year-old will succeed Bidya Devi Bhandari as Nepal's Head of State. Dr Ram Baran Yadav was the inaugural holder of the office.  Poudel is a former Speaker of the Pratinidhi Sabha (House of Representatives), the lower house of the Parliament of Nepal. He has also served multiple terms as a Member of Parliament (MP).