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Nepal parliament goes for 4th round of voting to elect new PM

Nepal's law makers will go for fourth round of polling this afternoon to elect a new Prime Minister. The re-polling is being held today afternoon as both the contesting candidates – Unified CPN(Maoist) Chairman Prachanda and the Nepali Congress Parliamentary Party leader Ram Chandra Poudel failed to get elected in the third round of polling held of second of this month as they could not muster the required two third majority. AIR Kathmandu Correspondent reports that in the 601 member parliament, a winning candidate must secure 301 votes to obtain a simple majority.

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