Ram Sahaya Prasad Yadav elected Nepal's third Vice President

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Ram Sahai Prasad Yadav has been elected as the third Vice President of Nepal and is the leader of the Janata Samajwadi Party.

An Overview of the News

• In the voting, Yadav defeated Astalakshmi Shakya of CPN (UML) and Mamta Jha of Janmat Party.

• Yadav received support from the ruling coalition, including the Nepali Congress, CPN (Maoist Centre), and CPN (Unified Socialist).

• A total of 311 federal MPs and 518 provincial assembly members participated in the vote.

• The polling station for the election was located in the Federal Parliament Building at New Baneshwar in Kathmandu.

• According to the Constitution of Nepal, the Vice President can perform the duties of the President during the absence of the President.

• The term of the Vice President is five years from the date of his election.

• Yadav was a former Minister of Forest and Environment and a member of Nepal's first federal parliament.

About Nepal

• The kingdom of Nepal was established by the Shah dynasty.

• It is a landlocked country in South Asia.

President - Ram Chandra Paudel

Prime Minister - Pushpa Kamal Dahal

Capital - Kathmandu

Currency - Nepalese Rupee