Parliament failed to select a first vice speaker for the house Saturday after no single candidate received enough votes to be appointed, among elections to install a new parliamentary administrative board.
The lawmakers began their first day back after the winter break with a number of lawmakers competing for a place on the administrative board as the first vice speaker of the house.
The administrative board also includes a second vice speaker, a secretary and a deputy secretary.
The speaker of parliament selected temporary members until another vote is taken and the new members are successfully elected.
In the vote for first vice speaker, Mirwais Yasini and Abdulzahir Qadeer competed against each other.
Qadeer received 90 votes and Yasini 99 votes - both insufficient to be elected to the post.
Out of four candidates for second vice speaker, Amanullah Paiman and Nimatullah Qafari made it to the second round of elections while Asadullah Saadati and Ahmad Shah Ramazan were omitted.
For the post of deputy secretary, Nazifa Zaki was eliminated while Farhad Azimi and Niloofar Ibrahimi acceded to the second round.
In the next vote, two more figures will be nominated for the position of first vice speaker.