Nepal Maoists poll winners after vote counting ends: Officials
Nepal's Maoists were confirmed winners of this month's landmark elections in the impoverished nation after vote counting was completed, officials said on Thursday.
By Agencies |
KATHMANDU: Nepal's Maoists were confirmed winners of this month's landmark elections in the impoverished nation after vote counting was completed, officials said on Thursday.
"We completed the nationwide counting of proportional representation late Wednesday night, and the Maoists have emerged well ahead," election commission official Matrika Shrestha told the media.
The ultra-leftists have won a total of 217 seats in the new 601-member constituent assembly, whose first job will be to abolish the 240-year-old monarchy. Nearest rivals the Nepali Congress have won just 107 seats, election officials also said.
The April 10 elections were a central strand of a 2006 historic peace deal the Maoists signed with mainstream parties that ended their decade-long insurgency that killed at least 13,000 people.
"We completed the nationwide counting of proportional representation late Wednesday night, and the Maoists have emerged well ahead," election commission official Matrika Shrestha told the media.
The ultra-leftists have won a total of 217 seats in the new 601-member constituent assembly, whose first job will be to abolish the 240-year-old monarchy. Nearest rivals the Nepali Congress have won just 107 seats, election officials also said.
The April 10 elections were a central strand of a 2006 historic peace deal the Maoists signed with mainstream parties that ended their decade-long insurgency that killed at least 13,000 people.
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