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Prachanda is Nepal PM
Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda was on Wednesday elected 39th Prime Minister of Nepal, Speaker Onsari Gharti Magar said.
​Kathmandu: Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda was on Wednesday elected 39th Prime Minister of Nepal, Speaker Onsari Gharti Magar said.
Out of 573 votes cast in the 595-member House, Prachanda received 363 votes in favour with 210 voting against him, Gharti Magar announced in Parliament.
Prachanda was backed by the largest party in the House -- Nepali Congress, constituents of the United Democratic Madhesi Front and the Federal Alliance and some other fringe parties.
A total 210 lawmakers including those of CPN-UML and Rastriya Prajatantra Party-Nepal had cast votes against the Maoist leader.
On August 2, Prachanda filed his candidacy for Prime Minister at the Parliamentary Secretariat backed by Nepali Congress president Sher Bahadur Deuba, Maoist leader Krishna Bahadur Mahara and Sanghiya Samajbadi Forum Nepal Chairman Upendra Yadav, a prominent Madhesi leader.
