Kathmandu, Muharram 15, 1437, Oct 28, 2015, SPA -- Bidhya Devi Bhandari was elected Nepal's first woman president on Wednesday in a parliamentary vote. According to dpa, Bhandari, who won 327 votes, beat her competitor Kulbahadur Gurung, who got 214 votes, to secure the largely ceremonial post. Bhandari is the widow of the deceased chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist-Leninist (UML) Madan Bhandari. --SPA 19:47 LOCAL TIME 16:47 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w