Election for president, vice president begins

Election for the first president and vice president of the country has begun at the International Convention Centre (ICC) in New Baneshor.

A member of the Constituent Assembly (CA) casts vote to elect the first president of ...

The election scheduled for 11 a.m. today was delayed due to last minute reshuffle of the alliances among the political parties.

The voting process began after CPN (UML), Nepali Congress and Madhesi Janadhikar Forum agreed to support each other's candidate sidelining the CPN (Maoist).

The constituent assembly members were found outside the ICC building counting the number of votes to see the possibility of who could win the elections. nepalnews.com ia July 19 08

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