Nepal MPs vote for new president amid political unrest.

Nepal's parliament members have lined up to elect a new president, the third since the Himalayan nation abolished a centuries-old monarchy and became a republic.

A total of 884 members of the federal parliament and provincial assemblies gathered in the capital, Kathmandu, on Thursday to vote for the new president. The final results are expected by Thursday night.

Both candidates in the presidential race are prominent career politicians.

Ram Chandra Poudel is a senior leader of the Nepali Congress party and previously served as the speaker of the House of Representatives.

His opponent, Subash Chandra Nembang of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist), has also...