Sunday, April 13, 2008

Nepal Elections Update

Updates coming till 3:45 pm Sunday show that the Maoists have bagged 54 seats of the total 94 election constituencies where vote counting has been completed.

CPN(UML) and Nepali Congress have pocketed 16 seats each and are competing for second place.

The Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (MJF) has won in seven seats so far with party chairman Yadav Yadav winning from both Sunsari-5 and Morang-5.

Nepal Workers and Peasants Party (NWPP) has won two seats in Bhaktapur and Terai Madhes Loktantrik Party (TMLP), Sadbhawana Party and People's Front (PF) have bagged one seat each.

The latest vote counting show that Maoist candidates are leading in 30 constituencies while UML and NC are leading in 16 and 15 constituencies respectively. nepalnews.com sd/mk Apr 13 08

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