Apr

21

Nepal Maoists win half of directly elected Assembly seats

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Nepal’s chief election official told that Maoists have won half of the directly elected seats in elections for a Constitution-drafting Assembly.

The ex-rebels who are known as Communist Party of Nepal (Maoists) have won 120 of the 240 directly elected seats. Counting is continuing for three seats, but the Maoists are not expected to win those.

The directly elected seats make up only about 40 per cent of the total seats in the Assembly, but the Maoists’ win of half of these seats shows their level of strength.
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Apr

15

Nepal Maoists close to simple majority

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The people desire in Nepal for a change.Former Maoist guerrillas headed for a landslide win in the historic Constituent Assembly election of Nepal.

The former rebels, who took part in a national election after 17 years, had captured 117 of the 212 seats declared so far, leaving the ruling parties far behind.
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