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Article: VOA NEWS: NEPALESE LAWMAKERS FAIL TO ELECT PRESIDENT

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July 19, 2008
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The Voice of America issued the following story:

Nepalese officials say lawmakers have failed to elect the country's first president.

Officials say none of the three candidates vying for the ceremonial post, received a majority of at least 298 votes in the new 594-member constituent assembly Saturday.

Nepali Congress party candidate Ram Baran Yadav fell short of a majority, receiving 294 votes in the assembly. Maoist-backed candidate Ramraja Prasad Singh received the second highest number of votes. Lawmakers have scheduled a new election between the two leading candidates on Monday, July 21.

Both Yadav and Singh are ethnic Madheshis, from the troubled lowland area bordering India, ...

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