BHANDARI RE- ELECTED NEPAL PRESIDENT

NEPAL’S FIRST WOMAN PRESIDENT BIDYA DEVI BHANDARI WAS ON TUESDAY REELECTED FOR A SECOND TERM IN OFFICE WITH AN OVERWHELMING MAJORITY. INCUMBENT PRESIDENT Bhandari, the Left alliance’s candidate, was elected with more than a two- thirds majority as she defeated her Nepali Congress rival Kumari Laxmi Rai in the presidential election. WITH 148 lawmakers in the Federal Parliament and 243 in Provincial Assemblies, the CPN- UML commands a total vote of 23,356. THE NEPALI Congress, which has 76 seats in parliament and 113 in provincial assemblies, has a total vote of 11,428.