Kamal Bahadur Shah of Nepali Congress passed the floor test receiving 41 votes in the 53-strong provincial assembly.

At least 27 votes are needed to secure a majority in the 53-member assembly.

Congress’ Kamal Bahadur Shah was appointed chief minister after UML’s Rajendra Singh Rawal failed to win trust vote.

The vote was deferred after Nagarik Unmukti Party lawmakers did not attend Wednesday’s assembly meeting.

CM Rawal is backed by provincial assembly members from UML, Maoist Centre, Nagarik Unmukti Party and Rastriya Prajatantra Party.

Several houses have been damaged by the 5.9 magnitude quake that rattled west Nepal.

Maoist Centre’s Bhim Bahadur Bhandari and CPN-UML’s Ram Chandra Mandal have been elected Speakers of Sudurpaschim and Madhesh provinces, respectively.

Bhandari received 29 votes in the 53-member provincial assembly.

The Nagarik Unmukti Party remained neutral expressing dissatisfaction over cabinet formation.

Rawal has the support of 29 provincial assembly members.

The bus was heading to Tikapur of Kailali from Gujarat of India.

Man Bahadur Rawal, the senior-most lawmaker in the Assembly, administered the oath to 52 lawmakers Friday in Dhangadhi.

Two persons, on a motorbike, shot at the 28-year-old businessman while he was returning back home from his shop.

The crime took place in Sehari forest in Kailali on Friday, said police.

Pandey defeated his closest competitor Karna Bahadur Thapa of UML by a margin of 5,437 votes.