Ram Chandra Poudel elected as new Nepal president

Ram Chandra Poudel elected as new Nepal president

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Category : Appointment/Resignation Published on: March 11 2023

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  • Ram Chandra Poudel of Nepali Congress was elected as the third president of Nepal.
  • Poudel, a common candidate of eight-party alliance that included Nepali Congress and the CPN (Maoist Center), received the vote of 214 lawmakers of parliament and 352 provincial assembly members.
  • Paudel defeated CPN-UML Vice-chair Subash Chandra Nembang, who got 15,518 votes. 
  • The President is elected by an Electoral College consisting of the members of the Federal Parliament (House of Representatives and the National Assembly) and the Provincial Assembly.
  • This is the third presidential election in Nepal since the country became a republic in 2008.
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