<p class="title">Nepal's first woman president Bidya Devi Bhandari was today re-elected for a second term in office.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Incumbent President Bhandari defeated Nepali Congress leader Kumari Laxmi Rai with an overwhelming majority in the presidential election.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Bhandari, 56, won since her nomination was backed by the ruling Left alliance of the CPN-UML and CPN (Maoist Centre), the Sanghiya Samajbadi Forum-Nepal and other fringe parties.</p>.<p class="bodytext">She became Nepal's first woman president in 2015.</p>.<p class="bodytext">With 148 lawmakers in the Federal Parliament and 243 in Provincial Assemblies, the CPN-UML commands a total vote of 23,356.</p>.<p class="bodytext">CPN (Maoist Centre) has 65 lawmakers in parliament and 108 in provincial assemblies, which account for 10,319 votes.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Nepali Congress, which has 76 seats in parliament and 113 in provincial assemblies, has a total vote of 11,428.</p>.<p class="bodytext">As Sanghiya Samajbadi Forum-Nepal and other fringe parties also deciding to support Bhandari, she could easily garner 26,921 votes for her re-election.</p>.<p class="bodytext">An electoral college, including members of parliament and provincial assemblies, will vote in the election. </p>
<p class="title">Nepal's first woman president Bidya Devi Bhandari was today re-elected for a second term in office.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Incumbent President Bhandari defeated Nepali Congress leader Kumari Laxmi Rai with an overwhelming majority in the presidential election.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Bhandari, 56, won since her nomination was backed by the ruling Left alliance of the CPN-UML and CPN (Maoist Centre), the Sanghiya Samajbadi Forum-Nepal and other fringe parties.</p>.<p class="bodytext">She became Nepal's first woman president in 2015.</p>.<p class="bodytext">With 148 lawmakers in the Federal Parliament and 243 in Provincial Assemblies, the CPN-UML commands a total vote of 23,356.</p>.<p class="bodytext">CPN (Maoist Centre) has 65 lawmakers in parliament and 108 in provincial assemblies, which account for 10,319 votes.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Nepali Congress, which has 76 seats in parliament and 113 in provincial assemblies, has a total vote of 11,428.</p>.<p class="bodytext">As Sanghiya Samajbadi Forum-Nepal and other fringe parties also deciding to support Bhandari, she could easily garner 26,921 votes for her re-election.</p>.<p class="bodytext">An electoral college, including members of parliament and provincial assemblies, will vote in the election. </p>