Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Wednesday secured a vote of confidence in the House of Representatives.

Dahal received 157 votes while 110 lawmakers voted against the motion.

A total of 268 lawmakers were present in today's meeting. A lawmaker stayed neutral.

Prime Minister Dahal sought the vote of confidence in accordance with Article 100 (920) of the Constitution.

Prime Minister Dahal, who is also the chairman of CPN (Maoist Center), received a vote of confidence from the CPN-UML, CPN (Maoist Center), Rastriya Swatantra Party, Janata Samajbadi Party, CPN (Unified Socialist), Nagarik Unmukti Party and three independent lawmakers.

The Nepali Congress, Rastriya Prajatantra Party, Loktantrik Samajbadi Party and Janamat Party voted against Dahal.

He received the vote of confidence for the third time today.

Dahal was elected the Prime Minister on 25 December 2022. He had taken the vote of confidence on January 10, 2023.

Out of the 270 lawmakers present in the Parliament, 268 gave a vote of confidence to PM Dahal. At the moment, all the parties, including Nepali Congress had given him a vote of confidence.

During the presidential election, the ruling coalition changed again.

CPN-UML, Rastriya Swatantra Party and Rastriya Prajatantra Party withdrew their support to the government. Prime Minister Dahal had again taken the vote of confidence on March 20, 2023, after the change of the ruling coalition.

He had secured 172 votes at the HoR.

In the HoR, UML has 78 lawmakers, Maoist Center 32, Rastriya Swatantra Party 21, Janata Samajbadi Party Nepal 12 and Unified Socialist 10.

The prime minister required at least 138 votes to win the trust motion.