The third presidential election of

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was held on 13 March 2018. As a new election law was developed (which is foreseen by the

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) and as, due to the Nepalese election in 2017, an electoral college could be established, the election took place three years after the previous presidential elections despite the presidential

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actually being set at 5 years. The

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was elected by an electoral college composed of the members of federal parliament and provincial assemblies. The total number of voters was thus 880, however the 331 members of

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have a vote weight of 79, while the 549 members of Provincial Assemblies have a vote weight of 48. In total 862 lawmakers participated in the election leading to a turnout of 97.95%.

Electoral college

Candidates

Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

Nepali Congress

Results

Bhandari's election was supported by her own party, the

Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) The Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) (; abbr. CPN (UML)) is the largest political party in Nepal on the basis of memberships. As per the results of recent elections, ''CPN (UML)'' stands as the second largest party of Nepal ...

and coalition partner

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as well as Federal Socialist Forum , Nepal,

Rastriya Janata Party Nepal The Rastriya Janata Party, Nepal, abbr. ''RJPN'' ( ne, राष्ट्रिय जनता पार्टी, नेपाल, translation: National People's Party, Nepal) was the fourth-largest political party in Nepal after the Nepali Co ...

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and

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. Bidhya Devi Bhandari received 245 votes of federal members, and 415 from provincial ones, resulting in 39,275 weighted votes. Kumari Laxmi Rai received 78 votes of federal members, and 116 from provincial ones, resulting in 11,730 weighted votes. Out of the 331 federal members, 323 cast valid votes, 3 voted blank and 5 abstained, while out of the 549 provincial members, 531 cast valid votes, 5 voted blank and 13 abstained.

Vice-presidential election

The election for the Vice President of Nepal was scheduled to take place on 23 March 2018. However, as incumbent

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, was the only candidate for the office and no complaints were filed against him, he was declared Vice President of Nepal by the

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on 18 March 2018.

Notes

References

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