Sher Bahadur Deuba, the prime minister of Nepal and president of the Nepali Congress, won the parliamentary party (PP) leader election on Wednesday, defeating his main rival, party general secretary Gagan Kumar Thapa, by a margin of 39 votes, according to officials.

Nepal: PM Sher Bahadur Deuba elected leader of Nepali Congress Parliamentary party

The ruling Nepali Congress party has emerged as Nepal’s single largest party after winning 89 seats in the 275-member parliament in a general election last month, and its leader, Sher Bahadur Deuba, looks set to stay on as prime minister.

WION Dispatch: Ruling Nepali Congress wins 89 seats, Deuba likely to remain PM

The results of Nepal's elections are yet to be declared fully but it seems that the ruling coalition in Kathmandu, led by the Nepali Congress, is likely to remain in power.

Nepal Elections 2022: Nepali Congress has an edge over CPN-UML in race to form government

Results have started coming in for the Nepal Parliamentary Elections, Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba's Nepali Congress Party is in the lead with over 48 seats. Former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli's CPN-Maoist party follows with over 30 seats.

Nepal ruling alliance to form next government? Nepali Congress, CPN-Maoist reach agreement

Nilambar Acharya, Nepal's former law minister, has been appointed as the country's ambassador to India, a position that was vacant since October 2017. The position of the Nepalese ambassador to India was vacant for more than a year after Deep Kumar Upadhyay resigned to join politics.

Nilambar Acharya appointed Nepal's envoy to India

Nepal's Oli most likely next PM with party, allies on course for majority