Born-26 May 1954 (age 57)
Belbas, Nepal
Political party-Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)
Alma mater-Tribhuvan University
Chandigarh College of Architecture
School of Planning and Architecture
Jawaharlal Nehru University
Bhattarai, who polled 340 votes to defeat his Nepali Congress rival R C Poudyal by 105 votes, is scheduled to take the oath of office at the Rastrapati Bhawan.India educated Bhattarai, who has a doctorate from New Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University, won with the crucial support of the the Terai-based United Democratic Madhesi Front (UDMF), the alliance of Madhesi parties that is the fourth largest political force in the Assembly.