Maoist Nepali Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal resigned on Wednesday leaving a leadership vacuum | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

Maoist Nepali Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal resigned on Wednesday, leaving a leadership vacuum weeks before the second round of local elections. Dahal took office only nine months ago. The municipal and village assembly vote is the first in the past two decades. The prime minister’s exit from government was somewhat expected under a power-sharing deal…