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Voting is underway to elect a new President of Nepal at Lhotse Hall of the federal Parliament Building, New Baneshwor on Friday. Astalaxmi Shakya (Bohara) of the CPN-UML, Mamata Jha of the Janamat Party and Ramsahaya Prasad Yadav of the Janata Samajbadi Party are in the race. Voting that started at 10 am will end at 3 pm today, Assistant Election Officer, Amrita Kumari Sharma said. Separate voting centers have been determined for the members of federal Parliament and Province Assembly. Two types of ballot papers have been printed for the Vice-Presidential election-2079. The ballot for the federal Parliament members is of red color while it is of green color for the Province Assembly members. The names and photos of candidates have been printed in the ballot papers. The weightage of a vote cast by a member of federal Parliament will be equivalent to 79 whereas the weightage of a vote cast by a PA member will be equivalent to 48. There are 332 voters of the federal Parliament and 550 voters of the PA in the election. Arrangements have been made to count votes shortly after voting, said Sharma. The Vice-President shall be assigned to look after affairs in the absence of the President. The tenure of the Vice-President is five years. This is the third Vice-Presidential election since the country adopted the federal democratic republic system in 2008.      

The Madhes Province government has decided to facilitate the Nepali cricket team players—Gulsan Jha and Arif Sheikh—with a cash prize of Rs 200, 000. The government announced to provide the cash prize of Rs 200,000 each to --Jha and Sheikh, expressing happiness over Nepal's qualification to the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Qualifiers. The provincial government decided to provide the cash prize to both the players of Madhes Province as an incentive. Extending gratitude to the Nepali cricket team over its improbable win against the UAE, Chief Minister Saroj Kumar Yadav announced to provide cash prize to the cricketers.  

Voting for the election to the post of Vice-President of Nepal is taking place today. Astalaxmi Shakya (Bohara) of the CPN-UML, Mamata Jha of the Janamat Party and Ramsahaya Prasad Yadav of the Janata Samajbadi Party are in the race. All the preparations for voting taking place at Lhotse Hall of the federal Parliament Building, New Baneshwor from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm have been completed, according to Assistant Election Officer, Amrita Kumari Sharma. Separate voting centers have been determined for the members of federal Parliament and Province Assembly. Two types of ballot papers have been printed for the Vice-Presidential election-2079. The ballot for the federal Parliament members is of red color while it is of green color for the Province Assembly members. The names and photos of candidates have been printed in the ballot papers. The weightage of a vote cast by a member of federal Parliament will be equivalent to 79 whereas the weightage of a vote cast by a PA member will be equivalent to 48. There are 332 voters of the federal Parliament and 550 voters of the PA in the election. Arrangements have been made to count votes shortly after voting, said Sharma. The Vice-President shall be assigned to look after affairs in the absence of the President. The tenure of the Vice-President is five years. This is the third Vice-Presidential election since the country adopted the federal democratic republic system in 2008.  

The Free Student Union (FSU) election will be held in Tri-Chandra Multiple Campus on March 23. Making public the election calendar again, the Free Student Union Election Committee fixed the date of March 23 for the election in the Ghantaghar-based campus. The election calendar was affected in the Tri Chandra Campus due to a dispute over the admission of the students. In the notice issued by election officer Rajendra Gautam, voters list will be published on Friday. Candidates can file nominations on Sunday. The voting will be held from 8 am to 4 pm on Thursday. Students had staged a demonstration by placing the chair and name plate of Campus Chief Prof Dr Sunil Adhikari by taking the issue of election process in the Tri Chandra Campus. The FSU election is going to be held in all the campuses across the country on March 19.