2015 Nepalese presidential election

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2015 Nepalese presidential election
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Candidate Bidhya Devi Bhandari Kul Bahadur Gurung
Party CPN (UML) NC
Home state Bhojpur Rolpa
Running mate Nanda Kishor Pun Amiya Kumar Yadav
Electoral vote 327 214
Percentage 59.56% 38.98%
President before election

Ram Baran Yadav
NC

Elected President

Bidhya Devi Bhandari
CPN (UML)

Indirect presidential elections were held in Nepal on 28 October 2015. Bidhya Devi Bhandari of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) was elected President, becoming Nepal's first female head of state.

Result

Presidential election[1]
For the presidential election, one candidate needed to gather 299 votes. 549 out of 596 eligible lawmakers cast their votes.

Candidate Parties Votes
Bidhya Devi Bhandari Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) 327
Kul Bahadur Gurung Nepali Congress 214
Invalid votes 8

Vice-presidential election[2]
The Vice-presidential election took place three days after the presidential election. After Dayaram Kandel (Nepal Pariwar Dal) Attahar Kamal Musalman (independent) withdrew their candidacies, two candidates remained.[3] 547 out of 596 eligible lawmakers cast their votes.

Candidate Parties Votes
Nanda Kishor Pun Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) 325
Amiya Kumar Yadav Nepali Congress 212
Invalid votes 10

References

  1. ^ "Bidya Devi Bhandari elected first female President of Nepal". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Nanda Bahadur Pun elected Vice-President of Nepal". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Yadav, Pun in VP race". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
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