Sher Bahadur Deuba elected 40th PM of Nepal

Deuba, 70, was the sole candidate to contest in the Prime Minister election as the main opposition UML or any other parties didn’t register their candidacies. Deuba has the support of more than 50% of the lawmakers needed for his election to the top post.

He secured 388 votes in his favour and 170 votes against him. A total of 558 votes were cast during the voting. He needed 297 votes in the 593-strong Parliament to prove his majority.

Mr. Deuba served as the Prime Minister from 1995 to 1997, from 2001 to 2002, and from 2004 to 2005. He was sacked by the then King Gyanendra Shah in 2005 over failure to hold elections and bring Maoist rebels to a round table negotiation.

On May 24th, Nepali Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal resigned after holding office only nine months./.