Nepal: As Ruling Alliance Heads Towards Majority Deuba's Nepali Congress Could Be Largest Party

Nepali Congress has won 39 seats under the direct voting system. Its alliance partners CPN-Maoist Centre and CPN-Unified Socialist have won 12 and 10 seats respectively.

FILE PHOTO: An official from the election commission breaks the seal of a ballot box before counting the votes, a day after the completion of polling, in Kathmandu, Nepal November 21, REUTERS/ Navesh Chitrakar,  2022. 

PTI, 25 November 2022, Kathmandu: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba’s Nepali Congress-led ruling coalition was on Friday heading towards winning a clear majority in Nepal’s parliamentary elections with the alliance bagging 64 seats out of the 118 declared

In the 275-member House of Representatives, 165 will be elected through direct voting, while the remaining 110 will be elected through a proportional electoral system.

A party or a coalition needs 138 seats to win a clear majority.

Nepali Congress was set to emerge as the single-largest party after winning 39 seats alone under the direct voting system.

Its alliance partners – CPN-Maoist Centre and CPN-Unified Socialist have won 12 and 10 seats respectively.

The Lokatantrik Samajwadi and Rastriya Janamorcha have bagged two and one seat respectively. They are all part of the ruling alliance.

The Opposition alliance led by the former premier K.P. Sharma Oli’s CPN-UML has bagged 35 seats.

The CPN-UML has won 29 seats. Its partners – the Rastriya Prajatantra Party and Janata Samajwadi Party – have won four and two seats respectively.

The newly-formed Rastriya Swatantra Party has won seven seats. Lokatantrai Samajwadi Party and Janmat Party – both Madhesi parties – have won two and one seat respectively.

Nagarik Unmukti Party has bagged two seats and Janamorcha and Nepal Majdoor Kisan Party have received one each. Five seats were won by independents and others.

Elections to the House of Representatives (HoR) and seven provincial assemblies were held on Sunday. The counting of votes started on Monday.

(Shirish B Pradhan)