Indira Rana Magar of Rastriya Swatantra Party has been elected as the deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives. She was elected as the deputy Speaker by securing 166 votes. Dana’s closest contender Mukta Kumari Yadav of the Nepali Congress garnered 97 votes.

A total of 264 lawmakers cast their votes in the election held today, Speaker Devraj Ghimire said.

Sobhita Gautam proposed Magar’s candidacy while Krishna Gopal Shrestha of the CPN-UML, Narayani Sharma of the CPN (Maoist Center) and Rajendra Lingden of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party seconded the proposal.