Nepal Elections 2022: PM Sher Bahadur Deuba elected for 7th consecutive time
Deuba is reputed to have never lost any parliamentary election in his five decades of political career. Nepali Congress president Deuba is currently holding the post of Prime Minister for the fifth term.
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Kathmandu, Nov 23: Nepal Prime Minister and President of the Nepali Congress Sher Bahadur Deuba on Wednesday (Nov 23) was elected for the consecutive 7th time from the home district of Dhankuta. PM of the caretaker government got 25 thousand 534 votes and defeated his competitor Sagar Dhakal, who garnered 13 thousand and 42 votes for the post of member of the House of Representatives.
Deuba is reputed to have never lost any parliamentary election in his five decades of political career. Nepali Congress president Deuba is currently holding the post of Prime Minister for the fifth term. The ruling Nepali Congress has so far bagged 10 seats in the House of Representatives (HoR) while it is leading in 46 other constituencies. The CPN-UML led by KP Oli has so far bagged three seats and is leading in 42 constituencies. Out of 275 Members of Parliament, 165 will be elected through direct voting, while the remaining 110 will be elected through a proportional electoral system. Similarly, out of a total of 550 members of the provincial assemblies, 330 will be elected directly and 220 will be elected through the proportional method.
The counting of votes started on Monday (Nov 21) for the parliamentary and provincial elections held in Nepal on Nov 20. Nepal has recorded a low voter turnout of 61 per cent for the elections to the House of Representatives and Provincial Assembly held on Sunday (Nov 20). According to Nepal's Election Commission, around 61 per cent of voters cast their votes in the parliamentary and provincial polls held on Nov 20.
Addressing a press briefing on Nov 20, Nepal's Chief Election Commissioner Dinesh Kumar Thapaliya said that 61 per cent voter turnout was based on the preliminary data. Thapaliya stated that the percentage could increase when all the data is gathered. However, he noted, "However, this voter turnout is less than what the EC had expected." He said that elections were held peacefully across the nation except for some incidents of violence. Nepali voters headed for the periodic general election with the hope of a "stable government and development."