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Madhesi People's Rights Forum candidate Paramananda Jha was elected the first vice president of the federal democratic republic of Nepal.

However, none of the three candidates vying to be the first president of Nepal could garner a clear majority of at least 298 votes.

Today's Constituent Assembly (CA) meeting is expected to fix a new date for the presidential post run-off, KantipurOnline reported from Kathmandu.

Nepali Congress presidential candidate Ram Baran Yadav secured 294 votes coming short by only 4 votes to become the first president, while other candidate Ramraja Prasad Singh garnered 283 votes.

Jha secured 305 votes defeating Maoist candidate Shanta Shrestha for the post of vice president.

Maoist candidate Ram Raja Prasad Singh, Nepali Congress (NC)'s Dr Ram Baran Yadav and CPN-UML's Ram Prit Paswan were vying to be Nepal's first president.

Likewise, Maoist's Shanta Shrestha, NC's Maan Bahadur Bishwakarma, UML's Asta Laxmi Shakya and MPRF's Parmananda Jha are the candidates for the vice presidential post.

Earlier today, the CA members had cast their votes to choose Nepal's new president and vice president.

Of the total 594 voters registered, 578 CA members cast their ballots while 16 CA members stayed away from the voting center.

As per the election program, a re-election will be conducted between the two candidates securing highest number of votes if none of the candidates could garner a clear majority (298 votes).