KATHMANDU: Incumbent President Bidya Devi Bhandari has emerged victorious with an overwhelming majority and been re-elected to new term of office, as per the voting result made public following today's presidential election. Main opposition party Nepali Congress had fielded former lawmaker Kumari Laxmi Rai against incumbent President Bhandari in the run for the top post. Bhandari had been endorsed by the left-alliance. Federal Socialist Forum Nepal, Rastriya Janata Party Nepal, and other fringe parties had also backed Bhandari. President Bhandari received 39,275 votes, while NC lawmaker Rai received 11,730 votes. President Bhandari has won the election by 27,545 votes. Vote-weightage of each voter of the House of Representatives and National Assembly was 79, while that of each Provincial Assembly member was equivalent to 48. The voting had begun from 10:00 am and went on till 3:00 pm today. Meanwhile, the counting of votes started at 4:00 pm following the conclusion of ballot casting. An electoral college comprising Members of Federal Parliament and Province Assemblies had cast their votes to elect the President. As many as 862 votes were cast in the presidential election today at the Federal Parliament Building in New Baneshwor, Kathmandu. Out of the 334 federal parliament members, 326 members cast their votes in the election. Likewise, 549 provincial assembly members were eligible to exercise their franchise in the presidential election, of which 13 were absent during the vote casting. As per the Constitution of Nepal, the term of the President shall be of five years and maximum of two terms. Chief Justice will administer the oath of office and secrecy to the re-elected President tomorrow at 4:00 pm. Who cast their votes and who didn’t

• As many as 862 votes were cast in the presidential election
• Out of the 334 federal parliament members, 326 cast their votes, including 270 members of HoR
• Rastriya Janata Party-Nepal’s lawmaker Resham Chaudhary, who is in judicial custody, was barred from casting vote. Three NC lawmakers were absent. Naya Shakti Party-Nepal Coordinator Baburam Bhattarai did not take part in the election
• Of the 59 National Assembly members, three appointed by the president on recommendation of the government did not cast votes, as their names were not included in the voter list
• Of the 550 members of provincial assemblies, absconding lawmaker Rajeev Gurung alias Deepak Manange did not cast vote. Thirteen provincial assemblies’ members did not show up for voting
• HoR Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara, who did not vote during the floor test of the prime minister, cast his vote in the presidential election
• CMs of the seven provinces — Sherdhan Rai of Province 1, Lal Babu Raut of Province 2, Dormani Poudel of Province 3, Prithivi Subba Gurung of Province 4, Shankar Pokhrel of Province-5, Mahendra Bahadur Shahi of Province 6 and Trilochan Bhatta of Province 7 voted
• Speakers of the seven provincial assemblies, ministers of the seven provinces came to Kathmandu to cast votes