Yadav received 72 votes while 24 votes were cast against him.
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Ram Ashish Yadav of the Janata Samajwadi Party (JSP) Nepal has been elected as the Speaker of the Madhesh Province. He was elected by a majority in the Madhesh Provincial Assembly on Sunday.
A total of 96 Provincial Assembly members were present in the Provincial Assembly meeting held today. Yadav received 72 votes while 24 people voted against him.
After Yadav was elected due to a split vote on the first proposal, the proposal registered to make Triloki Prasad of CPN-UML the Speaker was automatically rejected.
The elected Yadav was elected from Dhanusha Constituency No. 2 (B). He was also a Provincial Assembly member in his previous term.
