The Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M) was the clear winner
after provisional results in the country’s April 10 election
for a Constituent Assembly were announced yesterday. As well as
gaining 120 of the 240 directly-elected seats, the Maoists secured
97 of the 335 seats elected on a proportionate base. The overall
national vote for the CPN-M was 29.27 percent.

While lacking an outright majority in the 601-seat assembly,
the CPN-M is well ahead of its nearest rivals. The Nepali Congress
(NC) and Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML)
obtained only 37 and 33 directly-elected seats, respectively,
but boosted their result by securing 21.14 percent and 20.33 percent
of the national vote. The NC will have 107 assembly seats and
the CPN-UML will have 101.

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