<span style="color: #222222;">The Electoral College is voting to elect a new Vice-President of Nepal today. Voting started at 10:00 am will run till 3:00 pm. The Electoral College consists of 332 members from the Federal Parliament and 550 members of the Provincial Assemblies.<br />''<br />''Separate voting centres have been set up for members of the Federal Parliament and the Provincial Assemblies.<br />''<br />''Astalaxmi Shakya (Bohara) of the CPN (UML), Mamata Jha of the Janamat Party and Ramsahaya Prasad Yadav of the Janata Samajbadi Party are the three candidates in the vice-presidential race. According to the Office of the Election Officer, counting of votes will start shortly after voting is over.<br />''<br />''Article 67 of the Constitution of Nepal provides a Vice President in the country. The tenure of the Vice President is five years.  <br />''<br />''This is the third vice presidential election since the country adopted a republic system in the federal democratic republic system in 2008. Paramananda Jha was elected the first Vice President of federal Nepal followed by Nanda Kishor Pun.</span><br />