Kathmandu: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli wins trust vote on Sunday with two-thirds majority.
Oli, who was appointed as the head of the government last week, got 188 votes in the 275-strong lower house.
Out of 263 lawmakers present in the meeting, 74 lawmakers voted against Oli, while one lawmaker abstained.
Oli was supported by lammakers from Nepali Congress, CPN-UML, Janamat Party, Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nagarik Unmukti Party, and a few independent lawmakers. Likewise, lawmakers from CPN (Maoist), Rastriya Swatantra Party, CPN (Unified Socialist) voted against Oli. Prem Suwal of Nepal Workers Peasants Party abstained.
As per the constitution, a candidate needs the support of 138 lawmakers in the 275-member House of Representatives to become Prime Minister.
Oli has been appointed as the Prime Minister of Nepal for the fourth time, marking his return to power after three years.
Oli, 72, first served as Prime Minister from October 2015 until August 2016, then from February 2018 to May 2021, and briefly from May 2021 to July 2021. His last term ended on July 12, 2021, when the Supreme Court reinstating the lower house, ordered then-President Bidya Devi Bhandari to appoint Congress chair Sher Bahadur Deuba as the head of the government.
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