Ram Chandra Paudel has been elected to serve as the new president of Nepal. According to the Nepalese , he received 33,800 electoral votes, while his opponent, Subash Chandra Nembwang, received 15,500 votes. Ram Chandra Paudel received votes from 352 members of provincial assemblies and 214 members of parliament.
An electoral college made up of representatives from the federal parliament and the provincial assembly chooses the president. The overall number of electors in Nepals presidential election is 882, including 550 representatives from each of the countrys seven provincial assembly and 332 members of the parliament. As Nepals new president, he will take over from Bidya Devi Bhandari.