Election to the Constituent Assembly of Nepal in 2008

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The election for the Constituent Assembly of Nepal in 2008 took place on April 10, 2008. It ended with the victory of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) . New elections took place on November 19, 2013.

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After the first national elections for the constituent assembly in Nepal on April 10, 2008, the former Maoist rebels were in the lead, according to the first partial results from the 240 electoral districts. After counting 22 electoral districts, the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), led by its former commander Pushpa Kamal Dahal ( battle name : Prachanda), won 12 of them. According to unofficial information, the Maoists were also ahead in 61 other constituencies where the count had not yet ended. Maoist ministers from the previous all-party government won three mandates for the constituent assembly. According to the electoral commission, the former rebel leader Prachanda won a seat in the capital Kathmandu with 23,277 votes , almost twice as many votes as the runner-up. 4 of the 12 districts counted so far went to the Nepali Congress (NC) and the Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist-Leninists , CPN (UML). The small workers 'and peasants' party (NWPP or NMKP) won two seats. According to the electoral commission, the vote should be repeated in at least 60 of the 20,000 polling stations due to irregularities.

On April 23, 2008 the electoral commission announced that after counting almost all votes, the Maoists had become the strongest party with 220 seats. However, they missed the absolute majority of 301 seats. In second place is Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala's Congress Party, with 108 seats . The third strongest force was the United Marxists-Leninists (UML) with 101 seats. The royalists who fought to keep the monarchy received hardly any mandates. It is expected that Maoist leader Prachanda will lead the new interim government. The constituent assembly should, among other things, decide on a new form of government. The Maoists are in favor of a US-style presidential system with a strong parliament as an antipole, in order to prevent the monarchy from being reintroduced one day by other majorities in parliament. According to the electoral commission, voter turnout was around 60 percent. Candidates from 57 parties competed for a total of 601 seats. 240 delegates were elected directly, 335 from the parties' electoral lists. The incumbent transitional government awarded a further 26 seats.

Results

Political party be right Share of voters
in%		 Seats
Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) 3,144,204 29.28 229
Nepalese Congress Party 2,269,883 21.14 115
Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxists-Leninists) 2,183,370 20.33 108
Madhesi People's Rights Forum 678,327 6.32 54
Tarai-Madhesi Democratic Party 338.930 3.16 21st
National Democratic Party 263,431 2.45 8th
Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist) 243,545 2.27 9
other 1,617,388 15.06 57
total 10,739,078 100.00 601

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Frankfurter Rundschau : Ex-rebels are ahead of April 12, 2008.
  2. ↑ CNN : Ex-communist Rebels Ahead in Nepal from April 12, 2008.
  3. ^ Maoist election winner in Nepal

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