Communist Alliance ahead of all

With the conclusion of the federal and the provincial elections on Thursday, Nepal cemented its way towards being Federal Democratic Republic nation.  The elections may have been over, but the fever isn’t!

The nation has been observing the polling results with great interest and enthusiasm, watching the Communist Alliance rake in more than 50% win from the constituencies counted. And where vote counting is ongoing, the Alliance has rightful reasons to remain optimistic.

As of 3:30 p.m., 10th December, the Communist Alliance has 75 elected members in the House of Representatives – 53 from CPN UML and 22 from Maoist Centre, respectively. Congress, the second leading party has only 11 seats and 10 are being shared by other parties, Baburam Bhattarai of Naya Shakti, Upendra Yadav of Federal Socialist Forum, and Rajendra Mahato of Rastriya Janata Party Nepal, to name a few.

From the remaining, the alliance is leading in 41 constituencies, whereas Congress in 12, and 14 by other parties of Nepal.

Another observation which can be made via the preliminary results is that the alliance has the highest wins in all provinces except number 2. In Province no. 2, RJP has won 3 seat and is leading in 6; SSF 3 wins, leading in 5; Nepali Congress 2 wins, leading in 5; and others 1 win, 7 leads.  

The elections were held in two phases – 1st phase which consisted of the Mountain districts on 26th of November, and the 2nd phase which consisted of the Terai and Hill districts on 7th December. There shall be 275 members in the House of Representatives, out of which 165 will be elected via First Past the Post (FPTP) from each constituency and the remaining 110 via Proportional Representation from a single nation-wide constituency.