Paudel secured 33 thousand 8 hundred and 2 electoral votes while his rival Subash Chandra Nembwang secured 15 thousand 5 hundred and 18 electoral votes, according to Nepal's Election Commission.
Prachanda's decision to oppose the nominee of its own alliance partner has heated up the political climate in Nepal, and the coalition government is beginning to display serious internal divisions
Amid a show of power, both the leaders, Subash Chandra Nembwang and Ram Chandra Poudel reached the Office of the Electoral Officer set inside the Federal parliament on Saturday to file their candidacy.
The decision of the Nepal Election Commission comes as the constituency has remained vacant after the annulation of citizenship of the then Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane.
After deciding to hold the election for the third President on March 9, Nepal's Election Commission has published the schedule for the election of the head-of-state and the deputy.
Fifteen days after the formation of the government, Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal also known as Prachanda is set to take the vote of confidence on January 10.
Describing Nepal's democracy as an example to countries around the world, the US Department of State on Tuesday congratulated the people of Nepal on a successful democratic election and Pushpa Kamal Dahal and coalition partners on their formation of a new government.
Dahal was appointed PM for the third time after he secured the support of 169 members of the Parliament to form the new government. Dahal, also known by his nom de guerre Prachanda, meaning "fierce", served as Prime Minister of Nepal from 2008 to 2009 and again from 2016 to 2017.