Voting for Nepal's first president and vice president has completed, and counting of votes is underway at the Constituent Assembly (CA) Secretariat in Naya Baneshwor.
A member of the Constituent Assembly (CA) casts vote to elect the first president of republic Nepal at the CA building, on Saturday, July 19 08. nepalnews.com/rh
A member of the Constituent Assembly (CA) casts vote to elect the first president of ...
The voting, which officially began at 11:00 am, concluded half an hour behind schedule, at around 2:30 pm. Out of the 594 CA members registered for voting, 578 CA members cast their votes to elect the president and vice president.
Four minor parties - Nepal Workers and Peasants Party, Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Nepal), Rastriya Janamorcha and CPN (Unified) - boycotted the election.
The results of the election will be presented to CA chairperson at 5:00 pm for announcement at the CA meeting today.
Seven candidates - three for president and four for vice president - are in the fray, but the UML and Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (MJF) had agreed, earlier today, to back Nepali Congress presidential candidate Dr Ram Baran Yadav
while NC and UML agreed to support the MJF candidate for vice-president, Paramananda Jha.
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