Kathmandu- The election of the Speaker of the National Assembly will be held on March 12. The detailed schedule of the election prepared by the National Assembly Executive Committee will be announced on March 10.

The term of office of 20 MPs including Speaker Ganesh Prasad Timilsina of the 59-member National Assembly is expiring on the 3rd of March. 19 members have been elected from the election of National Assembly members held on January 25, while the President will nominate one member on the recommendation of the Council of Ministers.

In terms of numbers, the coalition government currently has a clear majority in the National Assembly . As per the coalition leaders, Nepali Congress leader Krishna Prasad Sitaula might be the candidate for the Speaker of the National Assembly on behalf of the coalition.