Fiscal Nepal
First Business News Portal in English from Nepal
KATHMANDU: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal lost his confidence vote on Friday, leading to the collapse of his government.
Of the 258 lawmakers present on Friday in the House of Representatives (HoR), 63 votes were cast in favor of Dahal, while 194 votes—more than the two-thirds majority in the 275-member parliament—were cast against him. One lawmaker abstained from voting.
Dahal needed 138 votes to win the trust vote in the 275-strong House of Representatives.
Those casting votes in his favor included lawmakers from the Maoist Center, Unified Socialist, and Rastriya Swatantra Party.
Those casting votes against him included lawmakers from the Nepali Congress (NC), CPN-UML, Rastriya Prajatantra Party, Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP), JSP-Nepal, and Janamat Party.
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