Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has garnered more than two thirds majority of votes in the meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) today.
As many as 268 lawmakers cast their votes for the motion of the vote of confidence to Prime Minister Prachanda while two votes were cast against the motion.
Nepal Workers and Peasants Party lawmaker Prem Suwal and Rastriya Janamorcha lawmaker Chitra Bahadur KC voted against him.
Lawmakers Manorama Sherchan, Kishor Singh Rathore and Ambika Basnet abstained from voting.
RPP lawmaker Pashupati Shumsher Rana did not cast vote while NC lawmaker Tek Bahadur Gurung is suspended as he is facing criminal charges.
A total of 270 lawmakers were present in the HoR meeting. Announcing the results, senior lawmaker and Speaker Pashupati Shumsher Rana said Prime Minister Prachanda garnered more than two thirds of votes.
Nepali Congress, CPN (UML), CPN (Maoist Center), Rastriya Swatantra Party, Rastriya Prajatantra Party, Janata Samajbadi Party, CPN (Unified Socialist), Janamat Party, Loktantantrik Samajbadi Party including two independent lawmakers have given the vote of confidence to Prachanda.
The votes were divided for and against the motion on the basis of signatures of the lawmakers.
Prachanda has garnered the support of almost all the lawmakers after the NC extended support to him, granting the government a national consenus status.
The 68-year-old CPN (Maoist Centre) leader was sworn in as the prime minister for the third time with the backing of 169 lawmakers from seven parties on December 26.
There is a constitutional provision that a person who has become the prime minister should take the vote of confidence within 30 days of swearing into office.
Mr. Prachanda was appointed as the country's new prime minister after he submitted a letter to President Bhandari showing the support of 169 members in the 275-member House of Representatives.
The lawmakers backing him were 78 from UML, 32 from CPN (Maoist Center), 20 from Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), 14 from Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP), six from Janamat Party, four from Nagarik Unmukti Party and 12 from Janata Samajwadi Party and three independent lawmakers.
At least 138 votes are required for a clear majority in the House as per the constitution.
He turned the tables to become the executive head of the landlocked nation after he dramatically walked out of the pre-poll alliance led by the Nepali Congress and joined hands with opposition leader KP Sharma Oli.
The 275-member lower house has 165 directly-elected members and the remaining 110 from the proportional representation system.
