Kathmandu :The sixth round of prime ministerial election held at the Legislature Parliament, Naya Baneshwar Sunday afternoon become useless.  Both PM candidates-UCPN (Maoist) chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Nepali Congress (NC) vice president Ram Chandra Poudel-failed to gather sufficient votes to get elected as the 34^th PM of Nepal.

The parliament could not elect a PM as the CPN (UML) and United Democratic Madhesi Front (UDMF) stuck to their earlier decisions of staying neutral in the voting.

Talking after the voting process chairman of CPN-UML Jhala Nath Khanal said that now the PM election will go in different process. Adding more he said that unless consensus government is form UML remain neutral.

 Mean while, Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (MJF) Nepal has boycotted the PM election breaching the alliance with other Madhes-based parties.

MJF lawmakers walked out of the House as soon as the voting procedure began to protest against the decision of United Democratic Madhesi Front (UDMF) to stay neutral in the voting.

MJF chairman Upendra Yadav told journalists at the CA premises in New Baneshwar MJF that it was not right to continue staying neutral when the process to elect prime minister by majority had already begun.

He also clarified his party would participate in the voting process and vote for a candidate likely to secure majority in the next elections.

Maoist PM Candidate Dahal secured 240 votes in his favour while 101 votes were cast against him. 163 lawmakers stayed neutral. There were 504 lawmakers at the House at the time of voting for Dahal.

Many lawmakers, who arrived late for the session, were barred from entering the House during the voting process for Dahal, as the House convened on time today. However, they were able to participate in the voting for NC candidate Paudel.

Paudel got 122 votes in his favour, while 242 votes were cast against him and 172 lawmakers remained neutral. 536 lawmakers were present at the House during the voting for Paudel.

The results were quite expected as the UML with 108 seats and the Madhesi Front with 82 seats had already declared they would stay neutral in the election.