Kathmandu, March 17 : Voting to elect a new Vice President is underway at the Federal Parliament Building, New Baneshwor since 10:00 am today and so far, 220 votes: 87 towards the federal level and 133 from the Provincial level were cast. The voting will run till 3:00 pm today.
Astalaxmi Shakya (Bohara) of the CPN (UML),
Mamata Jha of the Janamat Party and Ram Sahaya Prasad Yadav of the Janata
Samajbadi Party are the candidates for the vice presidential election. There
are 332 voters from the Federal Parliament followed by 550 from the Province in
the election.
According to the Office of the
Election Officer, the count will begin once the voting is completed and the
results are likely by 6:00 pm today itself.