Janata Samajwadi Party (JSP) leader Ram Sahay Prasad Yadav has been elected Nepal’s third vice president.
Yadav defeated Ashta Laxmi Shakya of the CPN-UML and Mamata Jha of the Janamat Party in elections held on Friday.
Yadav is the leader of the JSP parliamentary party. He was elected to the Bara-2 House of Representatives in the November 20 general election.
According to the Electoral Commission, Yadav has received a total of 30,328 weighted votes: 14,536 from 184 federal legislators and 15,792 from 329 provincial assembly members.
The Electoral Commission, however, has not yet made an official announcement.
Votes of the provincial assembly members:
Ram Sahay Prasad Yadav – 329
Ashta Laxmi Shakya – 169
Mamata Jha – 15
Pramila Kumari Yadav – 1
Votes of members of the federal parliament:
Ram Sahay Prasad Yadav – 184
Ashta Laxmi Shakya – 104
Mamata Jha – 23
Pramila Kumari Yadav – 0
