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Nepalese general election">1999</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 1px;width:60%;" class=""><b>10 April 2008</b></td> <td style="text-align:right; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 0 0 0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/2013_Nepalese_Constituent_Assembly_election" title="2013 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election">2013</a> →</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div style="width:100%"><div style="float: left; text-align:left;padding-right:0.5em;width:40%; text-align:center;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/List_of_MPs_elected_in_the_1999_Nepalese_general_election" title="List of MPs elected in the 1999 Nepalese general election">outgoing members</a></div><div style="float: right; text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;width:40%; text-align:center;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_elected_in_the_2008_Nepalese_Constituent_Assembly_election" title="List of members elected in the 2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election">elected members</a> →</div></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><hr />575 of the 601 seats in the <a href="/wiki/Nepalese_Constituent_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="Nepalese Constituent Assembly">Constituent Assembly</a><br />301 seats needed for a majority</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr class="sr-only"> <th style="text-align:left;">  </th> <th style="text-align:center">First party </th> <th style="text-align:center">Second party </th> <th style="text-align:center">Third party </th></tr> <tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #8B0000;"><span class="notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Prachanda_2009.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Prachanda_2009.jpg/98px-Prachanda_2009.jpg" 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style="text-align:left">Leader </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Prachanda" class="mw-redirect" title="Prachanda">Pushpa Kamal Dahal</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Girija_Prasad_Koirala" title="Girija Prasad Koirala">Girija Prasad Koirala</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Madhav_Kumar_Nepal" title="Madhav Kumar Nepal">Madhav Kumar Nepal</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Maoist)_(1994)" class="mw-redirect" title="Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (1994)">CPN (Maoist)</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Nepali_Congress" title="Nepali Congress">Congress</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Unified_Marxist%E2%80%93Leninist)" title="Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)">CPN (UML)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats won </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>220</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">110 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">103 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>3,144,204</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">2,269,883 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">2,183,370 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>29.28%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">21.14% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">20.33% </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4"><hr /> </td></tr> <tr class="sr-only"> <th style="text-align:left;">  </th> <th style="text-align:center">Fourth party </th> <th style="text-align:center">Fifth party </th></tr> <tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid orangered;"><span 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Emblem_of_Nepal_%28alternative%29.svg/188px-Emblem_of_Nepal_%28alternative%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Emblem_of_Nepal_%28alternative%29.svg/250px-Emblem_of_Nepal_%28alternative%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="508" data-file-height="475" /></a></span></th></tr><tr><th style="border-bottom: #aaa 1px solid"></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:center; background:#bf0a30; color:#FFF; border: 1px double #8C959A;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Nepal" title="Constitution of Nepal"><span style="color:#FFF;">Constitution</span></a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="padding-top:0;text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fundamental_Rights_and_Duties_in_Nepal" title="Fundamental Rights and Duties in Nepal">Fundamental Rights and Duties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_Nepal" title="Human rights in Nepal">Human rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Nepal" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Nepal">LGBT rights</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:center; background:#bf0a30; color:#FFF; border: 1px double #8C959A;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Nepal" title="Government of Nepal"><span style="color:#FFF;">Government</span></a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="padding-top:0;text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Nepal" title="President of Nepal">President</a>: <b><a href="/wiki/Ram_Chandra_Poudel" title="Ram Chandra Poudel">Ram Chandra Poudel</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_Nepal" title="Vice President of Nepal">Vice President</a>: <b><a href="/wiki/Ram_Sahaya_Yadav" title="Ram Sahaya Yadav">Ram Sahaya Yadav</a></b></li></ul> <hr /> <p><b>Executive:</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Nepal" title="Prime Minister of Nepal">Prime Minister</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Nepal" title="List of prime ministers of Nepal">list</a>)</span>: <b><a href="/wiki/KP_Sharma_Oli" class="mw-redirect" title="KP Sharma Oli">KP Sharma Oli</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_Ministers_of_Nepal" title="Council of Ministers of Nepal">Council of Ministers</a>: <a href="/wiki/Fourth_Oli_cabinet" title="Fourth Oli cabinet">Oli IV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_Service_Commission_(Nepal)" title="Public Service Commission (Nepal)">Civil Services</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Secretary_of_Nepal" title="Chief Secretary of Nepal">Cabinet Secretary</a></li></ul> <hr /> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Federal_parliament_of_Nepal" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal parliament of Nepal">Federal Parliament</a>:</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_(Nepal)" title="House of Representatives (Nepal)">House of Representatives</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Svgfiles_2024-05-06-14-54-55-266959-14011746942458791892.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Svgfiles_2024-05-06-14-54-55-266959-14011746942458791892.svg/50px-Svgfiles_2024-05-06-14-54-55-266959-14011746942458791892.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Svgfiles_2024-05-06-14-54-55-266959-14011746942458791892.svg/75px-Svgfiles_2024-05-06-14-54-55-266959-14011746942458791892.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Svgfiles_2024-05-06-14-54-55-266959-14011746942458791892.svg/100px-Svgfiles_2024-05-06-14-54-55-266959-14011746942458791892.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a></span> <dl><dd><span class="nowrap">Speaker: <a href="/wiki/Dev_Raj_Ghimire" title="Dev Raj Ghimire">Dev Raj Ghimire</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap">Deputy Speaker: <a href="/wiki/Indira_Ranamagar" title="Indira Ranamagar">Indira Ranamagar</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap">House Leader: <a href="/wiki/KP_Sharma_Oli" class="mw-redirect" title="KP Sharma Oli">KP Sharma Oli</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap">Opposition Leader: <a href="/wiki/Pushpa_Kamal_Dahal" title="Pushpa Kamal Dahal">Pushpa Kamal Dahal</a></span></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(Nepal)" title="National Assembly (Nepal)">National Assembly</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nepal_NationalAssembly_2024.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Nepal_NationalAssembly_2024.svg/50px-Nepal_NationalAssembly_2024.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Nepal_NationalAssembly_2024.svg/75px-Nepal_NationalAssembly_2024.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Nepal_NationalAssembly_2024.svg/100px-Nepal_NationalAssembly_2024.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a></span> <dl><dd><span class="nowrap">Chairman: <a href="/wiki/Ganesh_Prasad_Timilsina" title="Ganesh Prasad Timilsina">Ganesh Prasad Timilsina</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap">House Leader: <a href="/wiki/Krishna_Prasad_Sitaula" title="Krishna Prasad Sitaula">Krishna Prasad Sitaula</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap">Opposition Leader: <a href="/wiki/Narayan_Kaji_Shrestha" title="Narayan Kaji Shrestha">Narayan Kaji Shrestha</a></span></dd></dl></li></ul> <hr /> <p><b>Judiciary:</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Nepal" title="Supreme Court of Nepal">Supreme Court</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Chief_Justice_of_Nepal" title="Chief Justice of Nepal">Chief Justice of Nepal</a>: <a href="/wiki/Bishowambhar_Prasad_Shrestha" title="Bishowambhar Prasad Shrestha">Bishowambhar Prasad Shrestha</a></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/District_Courts_of_Nepal" title="District Courts of Nepal">District Courts</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:center; background:#bf0a30; color:#FFF; border: 1px double #8C959A;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Nepal" title="Elections in Nepal"><span style="color:#FFF;">Elections</span></a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="padding-top:0;text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Election_Commission_of_Nepal" class="mw-redirect" title="Election Commission of Nepal">Election Commission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Nepal" title="List of political parties in Nepal">Political parties</a></li> <li>Recent elections <dl><dd><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Presidential: <a href="/wiki/2015_Nepalese_presidential_election" title="2015 Nepalese presidential election">2015</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2018_Nepalese_presidential_election" title="2018 Nepalese presidential election">2018</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2023_Nepalese_presidential_election" title="2023 Nepalese presidential election">2023</a></li></ul></div></dd> <dd><div class="hlist"><ul><li>General: <a href="/wiki/2017_Nepalese_legislative_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2017 Nepalese legislative election">2017</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2022_Nepalese_general_election" title="2022 Nepalese general election">2022</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Next_Nepalese_general_election" title="Next Nepalese general election"><i>next</i></a></li></ul></div></dd> <dd><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Provincial: <a href="/wiki/2017_Nepalese_provincial_elections" title="2017 Nepalese provincial elections">2017</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2022_Nepalese_provincial_elections" title="2022 Nepalese provincial elections">2022</a></li></ul></div></dd> <dd><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Local: <a href="/wiki/2017_Nepalese_local_elections" title="2017 Nepalese local elections">2017</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2022_Nepalese_local_elections" title="2022 Nepalese local elections">2022</a></li></ul></div></dd></dl></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:center; background:#bf0a30; color:#FFF; border: 1px double #8C959A;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Federalism_in_Nepal" title="Federalism in Nepal"><span style="color:#FFF;">Federalism</span></a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="padding-top:0;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Nepal" title="Administrative divisions of Nepal">Administrative divisions</a> <hr /> <ul><li><a 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href="/wiki/Nepalese_democracy_movement" title="Nepalese democracy movement">Democracy movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nepalese_Civil_War" title="Nepalese Civil War">Civil War</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-below"> <span class="nowrap"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_Nepal.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nepal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_Nepal.svg/34px-Flag_of_Nepal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_Nepal.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nepal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="726" data-file-height="885" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Nepal" title="Portal:Nepal">Nepal portal</a> <div class="hlist" style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Outline_of_political_science#Politics_by_region" title="Outline 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were held in <a href="/wiki/Nepal" title="Nepal">Nepal</a> on 10 April 2008,<sup id="cite_ref-Apr_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Apr-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Sets_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sets-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> having been postponed from earlier dates of 7 June 2007<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. 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The number of eligible voters was around 17.5 million.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Constituent Assembly was originally set to have a term of two years.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Maoist_Centre)" title="Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)">Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)</a> (CPN (M)), placed first in the election with 220 out of 575 elected seats, and became the largest party in the Constituent Assembly. It was followed by the <a href="/wiki/Nepali_Congress" title="Nepali Congress">Nepali Congress</a> with 110 seats and the <a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Unified_Marxist-Leninist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)">Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)</a> with 103 seats. After months of power-sharing discussions and deliberations, CPN (M) Chairman <a href="/wiki/Prachanda" class="mw-redirect" title="Prachanda">Prachanda</a> was elected as <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Nepal" title="Prime Minister of Nepal">Prime Minister</a> in August 2008. Due to its failure in drafting a new constitution, the CA was dissolved on 28 May 2012 after its original and extended total tenure of 4 years.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Nepalese_Constituent_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Election Constituency Delimitation Commission recommended these numbers and distribution of seats: 335 members would be elected through a proportionate electoral system, 240 members through election in constituencies and 17 on recommendation by the Council of Ministers.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first delay for holding the assembly occurred due to the lack of preparation on behalf of the Election Commission as well as the seven parties that were at the helm of the government. The second delay, on 5 October 2007, occurred because the Maoists demanded that a republic be declared before the election and that a fully proportional system be used in the election instead of a mixed system.<sup id="cite_ref-delay2_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-delay2-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A compromise was agreed to on 4 November: the election would use a fully proportional system, but the republic would only be declared immediately after the Constituent Assembly election.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 4 November, most parties in the <a href="/wiki/Interim_legislature_of_Nepal" title="Interim legislature of Nepal">interim parliament</a> voted in favour of a Maoist proposal calling for a fully proportional election system.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> However, an absolute majority could not be achieved because the then largest party in the parliament, <a href="/wiki/Nepali_Congress" title="Nepali Congress">Nepali Congress</a>, vehemently opposed the idea. Later, the problem was resolved when all of the parties agreed to an election where 60% of the elected seats would be allocated by the proportional system, and the remaining 40% by the direct system of election. </p><p>On 15 December, the government considered an amendment to the constitution. This amendment moved the deadline for Constituent Assembly elections from 15 December 2007 to 12 April 2008,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and changed the membership of the Constituent Assembly: the seats for the proportional representation system were increased to 335 and the members nominated by the prime minister were increased to 26 from 17. As specified in the <i>Election to Members of the Constituent Assembly Act (2007)</i>,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> party list representation will be calculated using a result divisor method, the <a href="/wiki/Sainte-Lagu%C3%AB_method" title="Sainte-Laguë method">Sainte-Laguë method</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The seats for first-past-the-post elections remained at 240, making the total number 601 seats instead of the earlier 497.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The word "republic" was also included, but will have to be confirmed by the Constituent Assembly.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The agreement was officially adopted on 23 December 2007 by the government and the Maoists stated they would rejoin the government shortly.<sup id="cite_ref-Nepal_votes_to_abolish_monarchy_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nepal_votes_to_abolish_monarchy-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The interim parliament approved the deal on 28 December, with 270 in favor and three opposed.<sup id="cite_ref-Nepal_votes_to_abolish_monarchy_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nepal_votes_to_abolish_monarchy-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Election Commission gave the parties which wished to register for the polls a new deadline of 14 January 2008; parties which had previously registered did not have to re-register.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 11 January, the Cabinet decided to hold the election on 10 April.<sup id="cite_ref-Apr_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Apr-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Sets_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sets-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ahead of the election, the <a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party_Nepal" title="Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal">Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal</a> party sought to form a front of royalist parties.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another monarchist alliance, <a href="/wiki/Samyukta_Samabeshi_Morcha" title="Samyukta Samabeshi Morcha">Samyukta Samabeshi Morcha</a>, was also formed before the election. </p><p>An estimated 60% of the 17.6 million voters cast ballots, many of them lining up before dawn outside the 20,000 polling stations. The election of the 601-seat Constituent Assembly to write a new constitution was touted as the cornerstone of a 2006 peace deal struck with the Maoists-rebels, ending the <a href="/wiki/Nepali_Civil_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Nepali Civil War">Nepali Civil War</a> in 2006 that forced Nepal's king <a href="/wiki/Gyanendra_of_Nepal" title="Gyanendra of Nepal">Gyanendra</a> to cede power, which he had seized in the year 2005. The election held great symbolic value for many in the impoverished Himalayan nation, where 60% of the 27 million people are under age 35 and many voted for the first time.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The Maoists left the interim government on 18 September 2007, citing the non-fulfillment of their demands (which included declaration of a republic before the elections). They stated they would launch street protests in favour of a republic and to ensure the elections will be held, but would also keep to the ceasefire. The Prime Minister stated that declaring a republic through the interim parliament would lack legitimacy.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to some analysts, the Maoists were worried that they lack support and were trying to avoid suffering an embarrassing election defeat at the polls.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>On 26 September 2007, the Nepali Congress abandoned its tacit support for a constitutional monarchy and called on the Constituent Assembly to call for the monarch's abdication.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The nomination deadline was extended on 30 September 2007 upon the request of the <a href="/wiki/Seven_Party_Alliance" title="Seven Party Alliance">Seven Party Alliance</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council" title="United Nations Security Council">United Nations Security Council</a> on 26 October 2007 called for the election to be held before the end of 2007. </p><p>An agreement with the <a href="/wiki/United_Democratic_Madhesi_Front" title="United Democratic Madhesi Front">United Democratic Madhesi Front</a> was reached on 28 February 2008, thus ending their general strike. The agreement also included a provision increasing the proportion of seats reserved for the Madhesi minority from 20% to 30%.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Furthermore, the parties were allowed to file for the election with an additional deadline set; the constituent parties of the <a href="/wiki/United_Madhesi_Democratic_Front" class="mw-redirect" title="United Madhesi Democratic Front">United Madhesi Democratic Front</a> (<a href="/wiki/Madheshi_Jana_Adhikar_Forum,_Nepal" title="Madheshi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal">Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Terai_Madhesh_Loktantrik_Party_(2007)" title="Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party (2007)">Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sadbhavana_Party" title="Sadbhavana Party">Sadbhavana Party</a>) did so, as well as some others (including the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Anandisingh_Devi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Anandisingh Devi (page does not exist)">Anandisingh Devi</a>-led NSP(A), <a href="/wiki/Nepal_Samyabadi_Dal" title="Nepal Samyabadi Dal">Nepal Samyabadi Dal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Janashakti_Party" title="Rastriya Janashakti Party">Rastriya Janashakti Party</a> – who had stated they would boycott the election unless the Madhesi issue was resolved –, <a href="/wiki/Nawa_Janabadi_Morcha" title="Nawa Janabadi Morcha">Nawa Janabadi Morcha</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nepali_Rastriya_Janabhavana_Party" title="Nepali Rastriya Janabhavana Party">Nepali Rastriya Janabhavana Party</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Bikas_Party" title="Rastriya Bikas Party">Rastriya Bikas Party</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rastrabadi_Yuba_Morcha" title="Rastrabadi Yuba Morcha">Rastrabadi Yuba Morcha</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Election">Election</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Nepalese_Constituent_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Voters_line_up_during_first_Constituent_Election_2008.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Voters_line_up_during_first_Constituent_Election_2008.jpg/220px-Voters_line_up_during_first_Constituent_Election_2008.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Voters_line_up_during_first_Constituent_Election_2008.jpg/330px-Voters_line_up_during_first_Constituent_Election_2008.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Voters_line_up_during_first_Constituent_Election_2008.jpg/440px-Voters_line_up_during_first_Constituent_Election_2008.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>Voters lining up at the polling station</figcaption></figure> <p>Shortly before the election, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Rishi_Prasad_Sharma&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rishi Prasad Sharma (page does not exist)">Rishi Prasad Sharma</a>, a CPN-UML candidate in Jahare Bazar town in Surket district, was killed, and the election there was delayed; another person was shot and killed by police during protests regarding Sharma's death.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> A Congress party rally on 7 April was attacked with a bomb; a bomb also went off near the UN mission in Kathmandu.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 8 April, police killed six Maoists who were engaged in clashes with Congress supporters in Dang district. Prachanda met with Koirala and emphasized the need to "show restraint and have a fair and free election". Gyanendra called "upon all adult citizens to exercise their democratic right in a free and fair environment".<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>About 135,000 police troops were deployed to provide security for the election,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> and there were about 20,000 polling stations.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Travel and the sale of alcohol were banned while the election was held.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> On election day, Maoists reportedly tried to seize a polling station in <a href="/wiki/Galkot" title="Galkot">Galkot</a> and then set fire to it; 15 attackers were said to have been arrested. The Maoist leadership said that it was investigating this and that it was not trying to interfere with the election or disrupt it. In Chitwan district, "scuffles among party representatives" led to the suspension of voting at three polling stations. In <a href="/w/index.php?title=Janukpur&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Janukpur (page does not exist)">Janukpur</a>, a candidate was fired upon but was not injured;<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> in Sarlahi district, an independent candidate was shot and killed. An activist was killed in clashes in Sunsari district. Despite such incidents, the election was deemed generally peaceful<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> although held in a 'general atmosphere of fear and intimidation.'<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although voting was called off at 33 polling stations, the overall national voter turnout stood approximately at 60%.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In many places, there was applause at the beginning and ending of voting.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>On 12 April 2008, it was reported that the CPN (M) had won in three of the five constituencies where vote-counting had been completed. The Nepali Congress and the CPN (UML) each won one constituency. Early results also appeared favorable to the CPN (M) in 55 other constituencies where counting was continuing. A complete count in all 240 constituencies was expected to take several weeks.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Results from later on the same date showed that CPN (M) has won five of the seven declared seats, and was leading in 56 of the other 102 currently being counted; it was noted that the CPN (M) were more successful than analysts expected, as they were believed to be likely to come only in third place.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Polls were ordered to be repeated in at least 60 polling stations across 16 constituencies and 10 districts, though that number is likely to increase.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The numbers were announced to have increased to 98 polling stations, 21 constituencies, 12 districts on 14 April 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With the CPN (M) appearing to have won the election, Prachanda pledged that the party would work together with other parties in crafting the new constitution, and he assured the international community, particularly India and China, that the party wanted good relations and cooperation. He also said that the party had expressed its commitment to multi-party democracy through the election and that it would be faithful to its mandate from the people "to consolidate lasting peace".<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Gyanendra expressed satisfaction at "the enthusiastic participation of the Nepali people" in the election.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Results from 17 April 2008 showed CPN (M) winning 116 seats, CPN (UML) 31 seats and the Nepali Congress 32 seats of the 218 seats declared so far.<sup id="cite_ref-ecnepal_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ecnepal-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of 17 April 26 women have secured seats in the new assembly, 22 from the CPN (M), one from the Nepali Congress, two from the <a href="/wiki/Madheshi_Jana_Adhikar_Forum,_Nepal" title="Madheshi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal">Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal</a> and one from <a href="/wiki/Terai_Madhesh_Loktantrik_Party_(2007)" title="Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party (2007)">Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ecnepal_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ecnepal-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Pro-monarchy politician <a href="/w/index.php?title=Rudra_Bahadur&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rudra Bahadur (page does not exist)">Rudra Bahadur</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party" title="Rastriya Prajatantra Party">Rastriya Prajatantra Party</a>, who had failed to be elected in his constituency, was found murdered on 18 April 2008 in his home.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Around the same time, Prachanda stated that he would "take the initiative to talk to the king in person" in hopes of convincing him to abdicate; he said that, after leaving the throne, Gyanendra could still live in Nepal and remain involved in business.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The CPN (M) won a plurality of seats in the election: 220 out of 575 (the remaining 26 members are to be chosen by the government formed after the election), with 120 seats through first-past-the-post constituencies and 100 through proportional representation. The party has said that, because it won more seats than any other party, it is entitled to lead the government.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(United)" title="Communist Party of Nepal (United)">Communist Party of Nepal (United)</a> list MP <a href="/wiki/Sunil_Babu_Pant" title="Sunil Babu Pant">Sunil Babu Pant</a> is the first openly gay MP elected in Nepal.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Opening_of_the_Constituent_Assembly,_declaration_of_the_Republic"><span id="Opening_of_the_Constituent_Assembly.2C_declaration_of_the_Republic"></span>Opening of the Constituent Assembly, declaration of the Republic</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Nepalese_Constituent_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Opening of the Constituent Assembly, declaration of the Republic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The official and final list of members elected under the PR system was released on 8 May 2008; this meant the first meeting of the CA (which has to be held within 21 days of the publication of the final result) would be held before the end of May 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 12 May 2008, it was announced that the first session of the CA would be held on 28 May 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The members of the CA were sworn in on 27 May 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the first session of the Constituent Assembly on 28 May, it voted to declare Nepal a federal democratic republic, thereby abolishing the monarchy. 564 members of the Constituent Assembly voted on this motion, with 560 in favor and four opposed.<sup id="cite_ref-Fed_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fed-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Of all the parties represented in the Constituent Assembly, only the <a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party_Nepal" title="Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal">Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal</a> (RPP-Nepal) opposed the motion.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Koirala said that Nepal was entering a new era and that "the nation's dream has come true", while celebrations took place in Kathmandu;<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> 29 and 30 May were declared to be public holidays by the government.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The Constituent Assembly also decided that Gyanendra should leave the <a href="/wiki/Narayanhity_Palace" class="mw-redirect" title="Narayanhity Palace">Narayanhity Palace</a> within 15 days.<sup id="cite_ref-Fed_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fed-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Earlier on 28 May, the major parties agreed on the creation of the position of president, while the prime minister was to hold executive powers;<sup id="cite_ref-Fed_35-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fed-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> however, they reached no agreement on exactly what powers the President should have or who should become president, and these deliberations led to a delay in the opening of the constituent assembly.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>On 29 May, the royal standard was removed from Narayanhity Palace and replaced with the national flag.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Gyanendra reportedly said on 2 June that he accepted the Constituent Assembly's decision.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Power-sharing_discussions">Power-sharing discussions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Nepalese_Constituent_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Power-sharing discussions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>13 parties, including the CPN (M), the NC, and the CPN (UML), met at the Ministry of Peace and Reconstruction on 1 June; no agreement was reached regarding power arrangements. The CPN (M) pressed its demand for both the positions of President and Prime Minister, but the NC and CPN (UML) were unwilling to accept this. The NC wanted these positions to be chosen through a simple majority vote in the Constituent Assembly.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Addressing a rally in Gorkha district on 1 June, Prachanda gave Koirala an ultimatum to present his resignation to the Constituent Assembly within two or three days, warning that if he failed to do so, the Maoist members of the government would resign and the party would lead street protests.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>After Gyanendra requested that the government make arrangements for his residence on 1 June, the government decided on 4 June to give another palace, the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Nagarjuna_Palace&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nagarjuna Palace (page does not exist)">Nagarjuna Palace</a>, to Gyanendra.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Also on 4 June, Prachanda and Koirala met; at this meeting Prachanda demanded that the government step aside by 5 June and again threatened street protests<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> On the same day, the three main parties held a meeting at which they again failed to reach an agreement, but the parties agreed on the need for a few more days and the CPN (M) postponed its deadline for the government to step aside to allow for this period.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>On 5 June, the CPN (M) softened its position, deciding at a meeting of its Central Secretariat that it would not press its claim to the presidency and that it would instead favor having a member of civil society become president. The party expressed continued opposition to a proposal that would allow the Prime Minister to be dismissed by a simple majority vote of the Constituent Assembly.<<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Despite the Maoist desire to have a neutral figure as president, the Nepali Congress proposed Koirala for the position.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The Constituent Assembly held its second sitting on 5 June; due to the three major parties' deadlock, this sitting was very brief, lasting less than a half-hour, and took no major decisions.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>On 11 June, Gyanendra gave a brief press conference at Narayanhiti, stating his acceptance of the republic and promising cooperation. He also said that he intended to stay in Nepal, asserted that he held no property outside of Nepal, and expressed his hope that he would be allowed to keep his property.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> He left Narayanhiti on the same evening and went to his new residence at Nagarjuna.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Shortly after another meeting between Prachanda and Koirala, the CPN (M) ministers announced their resignations and sent a joint resignation letter to Prachanda on 12 June.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> According to the CPN (M) Minister for Local Development, <a href="/wiki/Dev_Gurung" title="Dev Gurung">Dev Gurung</a>, the purpose of the resignations was to "accelerate the process of formation of a new government and bring an end to the current transitional period". However, some considered the resignations to be a means of increasing pressure on Koirala. The resignations were not immediately submitted to Koirala by the CPN (M), and therefore were not made effective. Gurung said that he expected a coalition government to be formed by 18 June.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Also on 12 June, CPN (UML) General Secretary <a href="/wiki/Jhal_Nath_Khanal" class="mw-redirect" title="Jhal Nath Khanal">Jhal Nath Khanal</a> asserted that a member of his party should become president.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> On 14 June he blamed the CPN (M) for the deadlock.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>At a meeting with <a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Marxist-Leninist)_(2002)" class="mw-redirect" title="Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist) (2002)">Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist)</a> General Secretary <a href="/wiki/C._P._Mainali" title="C. P. Mainali">C. P. Mainali</a> on 14 June, Koirala stressed the importance of power-sharing according to the popular mandate and consensus. Mainali expressed the view that the Maoists should be allowed to lead the government, while the post of President should go to someone from the Nepali Congress and the post of Chairman of the Constituent Assembly should go to someone from the CPN (UML).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Meanwhile, Prachanda rejected the possibility of Koirala becoming president, saying that this would be a "dishonour to the people's mandate"; he also expressed concern that having Koirala as president could cause the development of a separate power center from the government, in addition to noting Koirala's advanced age and health problems. Prachanda said that the President should come from a smaller party rather than from the Nepali Congress or the CPN (UML).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Koirala said on 15 June that he would not "run around pleading" for the presidency.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Prachanda, meanwhile, said that he expected the new government to be formed imminently, calling on other parties to support this and warning that anyone contravening the people's mandate would have a "heavy price" to pay.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Another meeting of the three main parties on 16 June ended in continued disagreement on the key issues,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> and the CPN (M) said that it would submit the resignations of its ministers to Koirala if the next meeting on 17 June did not produce an agreement.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>CPN (UML) General Secretary Khanal said on 17 June that it was important for the left-wing parties to work together. While saying that the CPN (UML) and the CPN (M) would cooperate in the future, he noted that it would be necessary for the parties to improve their difficult relationship.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The CPN (M) Central Secretariat met on the same day and approved the decision to hold firm on the key issues and for its ministers to resign if an agreement was not reached later in the day. The party chose to support <a href="/wiki/Ramraja_Prasad_Singh" class="mw-redirect" title="Ramraja Prasad Singh">Ramraja Prasad Singh</a> for the presidency.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Upendra Yadav, the Coordinator of the Madhesi Janadhikar Forum, also said on 17 June that his party would not participate in the government and would instead be an opposition party, and he stressed the importance of cooperation among the Madhesi parties. Although he criticized the three main parties for focusing on their power struggle, he endorsed the Maoist claim to lead the government, while asserting that some of the key portfolios should be given to other parties.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The Constituent Assembly went into indefinite recess on 18 June. The three main parties continued their discussions on that day, but did not reach an agreement. However, CPN (M) spokesman Krishna Bahadur Mahara said that they were getting closer to an agreement, and he said that the party had postponed its deadline to 19 June.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>On 19 June, the three main parties reached an agreement providing for a constitutional amendment that would enable a government to be formed or dismissed by a simple majority vote of the Constituent Assembly, rather than the previously required two-thirds majority vote. An agreement was also concluded on the issue of integrating Maoist fighters into the national army. However, the parties did not yet agree on a way to resolve the question of power-sharing.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Later that day, the Seven-Party Alliance held a meeting at which Koirala said that he was prepared to resign at any time.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The CPN (M) and the CPN (UML) leadership met early on 20 June, and afterwards Khanal said that the CPN (M) had "responded positively" to the CPN (UML)'s proposal to have someone from the CPN (UML) as president.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> A leading member of the CPN (UML) said that the two parties had agreed on the candidacy of <a href="/wiki/Madhav_Kumar_Nepal" title="Madhav Kumar Nepal">Madhav Kumar Nepal</a>, the former General Secretary of the CPN (UML). However, a leading member of the CPN (M) disputed this, saying that the two parties were closer to an agreement but that their party had not agreed to support a CPN (UML) candidate; he said that both Nepal and <a href="/wiki/Sahana_Pradhan" title="Sahana Pradhan">Sahana Pradhan</a> (whose name was proposed by the CPN (M)) had been discussed as candidates.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Nepal_Federation_of_Indigenous_Nationalities" title="Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities">Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities</a> (NFIN) met with Koirala on 20 June, seeking a recommendation that indigenous peoples not already represented in the Constituent Assembly be included in it through the 26 nominated seats. Koirala, who was supportive of the NFIN's request, also sharply criticized his rivals on this occasion, saying that they were practicing petty politics and were not respecting the people's mandate to work on a consensus basis.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The Maoist ministers submitted their joint resignation at a meeting of the seven parties on 20 June.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Sher_Bahadur_Deuba" title="Sher Bahadur Deuba">Sher Bahadur Deuba</a> of the Nepali Congress said on 24 June that the CPN (M) was responsible for the deadlock and claimed that it was working to divide the Seven-Party Alliance. He also said that Koirala would resign after the election of a President and that the CPN (M) had no authority to demand his resignation before then.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Also on 24 June, the seven parties agreed on the introduction of a constitutional amendment providing for the election of a President and the formation of a government through simple majority votes. There was, however, disagreement over the Nepali Congress proposal to include a member of the opposition on the National Security Council; the CPN (M) and the CPN (UML) described this as undemocratic. There was also a proposal to include members of each of the seven parties on the National Security Council.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Despite the failure to agree about the opposition's inclusion on the National Security Council, it was agreed to give the opposition a place on the Constitutional Council. The parties also reached agreement on a number of issues related to peace, disarmament and reintegration.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> A decision was also reached with to divide the 26 nominated seats in the Constituent Assembly between nine parties: the CPN (M) was to receive nine of these seats, while the Nepali Congress and the CPN (UML) would each receive five, the Madhesi Janadhikar Forum would receive two, and the <a href="/wiki/Sadbhavana_Party" title="Sadbhavana Party">Sadbhavana Party</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Nepal_Workers_and_Peasants_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Nepal Workers and Peasants Party">Nepal Workers and Peasants Party</a>, <a href="/wiki/Janamorcha_Nepal" title="Janamorcha Nepal">Janamorcha Nepal</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Marxist%E2%80%93Leninist)_(2002)" title="Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist) (2002)">Communist Party of Nepal-Marxist Leninist</a> would each receive one nominated seat.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Resignation_of_Koirala,_Madhesi_demands"><span id="Resignation_of_Koirala.2C_Madhesi_demands"></span>Resignation of Koirala, Madhesi demands</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Nepalese_Constituent_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Resignation of Koirala, Madhesi demands"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Council of Ministers approved the constitutional amendment late on 25 June.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> At a meeting of the Constituent Assembly on 26 June, Koirala announced his resignation, although it will not be finalized until after the election of a President, to whom the resignation must be submitted.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Although it was expected that the constitutional amendment would be approved at the same meeting, it was not introduced after Madhesi members of the Constituent Assembly demanded that the amendment be expanded to incorporate a March 2008 agreement between the Madhesis and the government that provided for Madhesi autonomy, among other things. As a result of this, the Constituent Assembly meeting was suspended until 28 June.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> After meeting with Koirala on 27 June, <a href="/wiki/Hridayesh_Tripathy" class="mw-redirect" title="Hridayesh Tripathy">Hridayesh Tripathy</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Terai_Madhesh_Loktantrik_Party_(2007)" title="Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party (2007)">Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party</a> (TMLP) said that Koirala was in favor of incorporating the Madhesi agreement into the amendment and that he asked the Madhesis not to disrupt the Constituent Assembly again.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>On 28 June, the seven parties met to discuss the Madhesi demands; although no decision was reached, all of the parties opposed the Madhesi demand for a single province. The Constituent Assembly met later that day and was again disrupted by representatives of the Madhesi parties, forcing the cancellation of the meeting after only a few minutes.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The next Constituent Assembly meeting on 29 June was also disrupted by the Madhesis and was cancelled.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Jaya Prakash Gupta, a leading figure in the Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (MJF), also warned on 29 June that the Madhesi parties would "not only obstruct the Constituent Assembly but also paralyse the entire nation to force [the seven parties] to meet our demands."<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Prachanda, in an interview on 30 June, expressed frustration with the Madhesi parties' disruption, which occurred just after Koirala's resignation, when it appeared the road to forming a new government was clear. He said that he favored Madhesi autonomy, but opposed their demand for all of <a href="/wiki/Terai" title="Terai">Terai</a> to become one Madhesi province.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Khanal, the CPN (UML) General Secretary, flatly rejected the demand for a single Madhesi province, condemning it as "a game to disintegrate the nation". He said that the demand ignored the wishes of other ethnic groups in the Terai.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The Constituent Assembly met on 30 June but was again disrupted by the Madhesis and the meeting was cancelled.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The three main parties reached an agreement with the three Madhesi parties, the MJF, the TMLP, and the Nepal Sadbhavana Party, on 1 July, providing for a supplementary amendment bill that would meet the Madhesi demands.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Another meeting of the Constituent Assembly was disrupted by the Madhesis and aborted on 2 July, while the CPN (M), Nepali Congress, and CPN (UML) met to decide the draft text of the supplementary amendment bill.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The CPN (M) and MJF met on 3 July, and the CPN (M) agreed to include a reference to Madhesi autonomy in the bill, while also saying that it wanted the bill to mention other indigenous groups' desire for autonomy.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> 13 small parties in the Constituent Assembly said on 3 July that they were completely opposed to the Madhesi demand for a single autonomous province, and they criticized the larger parties for the political deadlock that prevented discussion of the issues from taking place in the Constituent Assembly.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Sessions of the Constituent Assembly were attempted on 3 and 4 July, but both were immediately disrupted by the Madhesi members and were aborted. On the latter occasion, Kul Bahadur Gurung, who chaired the session, urged the Madhesi members to respect the right of other members to be heard, but they ignored him.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> On 4 July, the CPN (M), Nepali Congress, and CPN (UML) agreed on a draft supplementary amendment bill intended to satisfy the Madhesi demands. The draft requires the State Restructuring Commission to consider the March 2008 agreement between the government and the Madhesis when drawing up Nepal's federal structure. A meeting of the Seven Party Alliance followed the three-party agreement, and at this meeting, the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Front_Nepal" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Front Nepal">People's Front Nepal</a>, United Left Front, and Nepal Workers and Peasants Party objected to the draft, saying that it would endanger national unity.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The cabinet approved the bill late on 4 July; at the same time, it decided to nominate the 26 remaining members of the Constituent Assembly, dividing the seats between nine parties in accordance with the parties' earlier agreement and the lists of names they presented.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The Madhesi parties quickly deemed the supplementary amendment bill to be an unacceptable "betrayal".<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Khanal, the CPN (UML) General Secretary, said that the bill should satisfy the Madhesi demands, and he warned that opposition to the bill would not be in Madhesi interests or in the interests of any of the peoples of Terai. He called on the Madhesi members to make proposals and engage in discussion in the Constituent Assembly instead of disrupting it.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>On 6 July, at a meeting between the three main parties and the Madhesi parties, the former agreed to formulate a new bill to replace the one agreed upon two days prior, while the latter agreed to stop disrupting the Constituent Assembly.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> 23 of the 26 nominated members of the Constituent Assembly were sworn in on 7 July; the remaining three were unable to attend the swearing in ceremony.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> On 8 July, the Seven Party Alliance, with the exception of the Nepal Workers and Peasants Party, agreed on the content of a new draft bill, according to which federal structures would be created in line with the wishes of the Madhesis and other ethnic groups.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The Constituent Assembly was able to meet and function on 9 July, for the first time since the Madhesis began pressing their demands on 26 June.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Although they did not disrupt the Constituent Assembly on this occasion, the three Madhesi parties furiously condemned the proposed bill and vowed that their struggle would continue.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> During the Constituent Assembly meeting, they submitted a protest notice, and when this was rejected, they chose to boycott the Constituent Assembly's proceedings. <a href="/w/index.php?title=Narendra_Bikram_Nemwang&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Narendra Bikram Nemwang (page does not exist)">Narendra Bikram Nemwang</a>, the Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, tabled the bill regardless.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Koirala said on 11 July that forming a government was the responsibility of the CPN (M).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> However, the CPN (M) criticized the Nepali Congress on 12 July for "obstructing the process [of forming a government] for the past three months".<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> To protest the amendment bill, the Madhesi parties boycotted the Constituent Assembly meeting held on 13 July, at which the amendment bill was considered.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The bill was passed on the same day; 442 members of the Constituent Assembly voted for the amendment and seven voted against it. It thus became the interim constitution's Fifth Amendment. The amendment allows for the formation of a government based on a Constituent Assembly majority; it also allows the President, vice-president, Chairman of the Constituent Assembly, and the Deputy Chairman of the Constituent Assembly to be elected by majority vote if there is no consensus. In addition, the amendment provides for the Leader of the Opposition to become a member of the Constitutional Council; however, the Constituent Assembly rejected a proposal from the cabinet that the Leader of the Opposition be included on the National Defense Council.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Presidential_and_vice-presidential_elections">Presidential and vice-presidential elections</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Nepalese_Constituent_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Presidential and vice-presidential elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In a meeting with the Nepali Congress on 14 July, the CPN (M) urged it to participate in the new government. A Nepali Congress leader replied that the party had still not decided whether to participate.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> On 15 July the date of the presidential election was set for 19 July, while the CPN (UML) and CPN (M) failed to reach an agreement on a presidential candidate; despite the CPN (M)'s agreement to support a CPN (UML) candidate for president, it balked at the CPN (UML)'s choice of Madhav Kumar Nepal,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> saying that the President should be from the Terai, female, or a Janajati.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In a meeting with the CPN (M) on the same day, the Nepali Congress proposed Koirala's presidential candidacy, but the CPN (M) again said that it would not support his candidacy.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The CPN (M) proposed the candidacy of <a href="/wiki/Ram_Raja_Prasad_Singh" title="Ram Raja Prasad Singh">Ram Raja Prasad Singh</a> on 17 July, upsetting the cooperation between the CPN (M) and CPN (UML).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The Nepali Congress, CPN (UML), and the MJF agreed on the morning of 19 July to back one another's candidates for the positions of President, vice-president, and Chairman of the Constituent Assembly, with each of the parties receiving one of the three posts. The Nepali Congress put forward <a href="/wiki/Ram_Baran_Yadav" title="Ram Baran Yadav">Ram Baran Yadav</a> for the presidency, while the MJF put forward <a href="/wiki/Parmanand_Jha" title="Parmanand Jha">Parmanand Jha</a> for the vice-presidency; a CPN (UML) candidate was to become Chairman of the Constituent Assembly. The MJF refused to back Singh, the CPN (M) candidate for the presidency, because the CPN (M) was unwilling to support the MJF candidate for the vice-presidency.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In the presidential vote held later on 19 July, neither Singh nor Yadav received the necessary 298 votes, with Singh receiving 270 and Yadav receiving 283. As a result, a second round was scheduled for 21 July. In the vice-presidential vote, also held on 19 July, MJF candidate Jha was elected with 305 votes, while CPN (M) candidate <a href="/w/index.php?title=Shanta_Shrestha&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shanta Shrestha (page does not exist)">Shanta Shrestha</a> received 243 votes.<sup id="cite_ref-Nepali_vice_president_elected,_new_date_for_president_voting_set_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nepali_vice_president_elected,_new_date_for_president_voting_set-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Nepali Congress said on 20 July that the newly formed three-party alliance was not intended to form a government.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In the second round presidential vote held in the Constituent Assembly on 21 July, Ram Baran Yadav—supported by the Nepali Congress, CPN (UML), and MJF—was elected as the first President of Nepal, receiving 308 out of 590 votes and defeating CPN (M) candidate Ram Raja Prasad Singh,<sup id="cite_ref-Nepali_presidential_re-election_voting_concludes_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nepali_presidential_re-election_voting_concludes-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who received 282 votes.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Earlier, during the vice-presidential election and the first round of the presidential election, the CPN (M) had threatened to refuse to form a government if their choice for the presidency did not succeed as they feared that certain electoral pledges such as land reform would not able to pass.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2008)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Yadav was sworn in on 23 July 2008], and accepted Koirala submitted his resignation to Yadav later on the same day.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Beginning_of_the_CA's_work"><span id="Beginning_of_the_CA.27s_work"></span>Beginning of the CA's work</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Nepalese_Constituent_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Beginning of the CA's work"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The newly formed alliance agreed to support CPN(UML) member <a href="/wiki/Subash_Chandra_Nemwang" class="mw-redirect" title="Subash Chandra Nemwang">Subash Chandra Nemwang</a> as Chairman of the Constituent Assembly, and he was elected to that post without opposition on 23 July 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Subsequently, the CPN (M) announced they would still be willing to form the government, provided the other parties would guarantee three points: </p> <ol><li>that the Maoists would have at least two years of work without being voted out of government,</li> <li>that the alliance of NC-CPN(UML)-MJF was dissolved, and</li> <li>that the Maoists would be allowed to get a "minimum program" voted through.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The CPN (M) presented its proposal for a common minimum program to the other parties represented in the Constituent Assembly at a meeting on 2 August 2008. The other parties did not respond immediately, saying that they would need time to study the proposed program.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ol> <p>In the subsequent vote for Prime Minister, held in the Constituent Assembly on 15 August 2008, Prachanda was the CPN (M) candidate and was backed by the CPN (M)'s alliance partners, the CPN (UML) and the MPRF. A total of 20 parties supported Prachanda.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The Nepali Congress presented <a href="/wiki/Sher_Bahadur_Deuba" title="Sher Bahadur Deuba">Sher Bahadur Deuba</a> as its candidate, but Prachanda won the vote overwhelmingly, receiving 464 votes against 113 votes for Deuba.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 577 members of the Constituent Assembly took part in the vote.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Yadav congratulated Prachanda and invited him to be sworn in on 18 August. The three alliance partners held discussions regarding the composition of the new Cabinet and agreed that it should include 24 portfolios. The parties had already agreed that the CPN (M) would hold nine portfolios, the CPN (UML) would hold six, and the MPRF would hold four.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Prachanda was sworn in by Yadav at the President's office on 18 August. In swearing the oath of office, he altered it slightly, taking the oath "in the name of the people" rather than "in the name of God". Among the politicians and dignitaries present were Vice-president Jha, Constituent Assembly Chairman Subas Nemwang, and Deuba; Koirala was not present. The Indian and U.S. ambassadors congratulated Prachanda on this occasion.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Eight members of the Cabinet—four from the CPN (M) and four from the MJF—were sworn in on 22 August. The CPN (UML) ministers were not sworn in on this occasion; they refused to take the oath due to an unfulfilled demand that the party receive the second-ranking position in the Cabinet.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Parties">Parties</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Nepalese_Constituent_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Parties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following parties presented candidates ahead of the election.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" border="1"> <tbody><tr> <th>Party name </th> <th>No. of<br />candidates<br />for FPTP<br />system </th> <th>No. of<br />candidates<br />for PR<br />system </th> <th>Top candidate </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chure_Bhawar_Rastriya_Ekta_Party_Nepal" title="Chure Bhawar Rastriya Ekta Party Nepal">Chure Bhawar Rastriya Ekta Party Nepal</a> </td> <td>11 </td> <td>43 </td> <td>Keshav Prasad Mainali </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Maoist_Centre)" title="Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)">Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)</a> </td> <td>240 </td> <td>335 </td> <td>Lila Devi Mehta </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Marxist%E2%80%93Leninist)_(2002)" title="Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist) (2002)">Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist)</a> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>38 </td> <td>Durga Prasad Gyawali </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Marxist-Leninist)_(2002)" class="mw-redirect" title="Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist) (2002)">Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist)</a> </td> <td>113 </td> <td>138 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/C.P._Mainali" class="mw-redirect" title="C.P. Mainali">C.P. Mainali</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Unified_Marxist-Leninist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)">Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)</a> </td> <td>240 </td> <td>335 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Amrit_Kumar_Bohara" title="Amrit Kumar Bohara">Amrit Bohara</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Unified)" title="Communist Party of Nepal (Unified)">Communist Party of Nepal (Unified)</a> </td> <td>136 </td> <td>335 </td> <td>Bishnu Bahadur Tamang </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(United_Marxist)" title="Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist)">Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist)</a> </td> <td>48 </td> <td>100 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hemanta_Bahadur_B.C." title="Hemanta Bahadur B.C.">Hemanta Bahadur B.C.</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(United)" title="Communist Party of Nepal (United)">Communist Party of Nepal (United)</a> </td> <td>55 </td> <td>67 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chandra_Dev_Joshi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chandra Dev Joshi (page does not exist)">Chandra Dev Joshi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dalit_Janajati_Party" title="Dalit Janajati Party">Dalit Janajati Party</a> </td> <td>50 </td> <td>74 </td> <td>Biswendra Paswan </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hindu_Prajatantrik_Party" title="Hindu Prajatantrik Party">Hindu Prajatantrik Party</a> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>64 </td> <td>Bisnhu Kumar Prasai </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Janamorcha_Nepal" title="Janamorcha Nepal">Janamorcha Nepal</a> </td> <td>203 </td> <td>335 </td> <td>Ritakumari Sunar </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Janamukti_Party_Nepal" title="Janamukti Party Nepal">Janamukti Party Nepal</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>79 </td> <td>Lakshmi Devi Tuladhar </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Samajbadi_Party" title="Liberal Samajbadi Party">Liberal Samajbadi Party</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/League_Nepal_Shanti_Ekta_Party" title="League Nepal Shanti Ekta Party">League Nepal Shanti Ekta Party</a> </td> <td>10 </td> <td>63 </td> <td>Sharan Bahadur Bhandari </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lok_Kalayankari_Janata_Party_Nepal" class="mw-redirect" title="Lok Kalayankari Janata Party Nepal">Lok Kalayankari Janata Party Nepal</a> </td> <td>34 </td> <td>100 </td> <td>Kishori Mehta </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Madheshi_Jana_Adhikar_Forum,_Nepal" title="Madheshi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal">Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal</a> </td> <td>103 </td> <td>100 </td> <td>Upendra Yadav </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mongol_National_Organisation" title="Mongol National Organisation">Mongol National Organisation</a> </td> <td>17 </td> <td>46 </td> <td>Krishna Bahadur Tamang </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Muskan_Sena_Nepal_Party" title="Muskan Sena Nepal Party">Muskan Sena Nepal Party</a> </td> <td>34 </td> <td>46 </td> <td>Pradip Giri </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nawa_Janabadi_Morcha" title="Nawa Janabadi Morcha">Nawa Janabadi Morcha</a> </td> <td>15 </td> <td>38 </td> <td>Shankarlal Shrestha </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nawa_Nepal_Prajatantrik_Dal" title="Nawa Nepal Prajatantrik Dal">Nawa Nepal Prajatantrik Dal</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>36 </td> <td>Anoop Kumar Pahari </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nepa_Rastriya_Party" title="Nepa Rastriya Party">Nepa Rastriya Party</a> </td> <td>6 </td> <td>73 </td> <td>Buddharatna Manandhar </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nepal_Dalit_Shramik_Morcha" title="Nepal Dalit Shramik Morcha">Nepal Dalit Shramik Morcha</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>46 </td> <td>Roma Bishwakarma </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nepal_Janabhavana_Party" title="Nepal Janabhavana Party">Nepal Janabhavana Party</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>49 </td> <td>Ram Kishun Pasi </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nepal_Janata_Party" title="Nepal Janata Party">Nepal Janata Party</a> </td> <td>25 </td> <td>58 </td> <td>Khemnath Acharya </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nepal_Loktantrik_Samajbadi_Dal" title="Nepal Loktantrik Samajbadi Dal">Nepal Loktantrik Samajbadi Dal</a> </td> <td>11 </td> <td>84 </td> <td>Tara Chandra Chauduri </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nepal_Rastriya_Bikas_Party" title="Nepal Rastriya Bikas Party">Nepal Rastriya Bikas Party</a> </td> <td>13 </td> <td>42 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Takashi_Miyahara" title="Takashi Miyahara">Takashi Miyahara</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nepal_Rastriya_Janakalayan_Party" title="Nepal Rastriya Janakalayan Party">Nepal Rastriya Janakalayan Party</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nepal_Rastriya_Loktantrik_Dal" title="Nepal Rastriya Loktantrik Dal">Nepal Rastriya Loktantrik Dal</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>36 </td> <td>Binod Kumar Kshetri </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nepal_Sadhabhavana_Party_(Anandidevi)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nepal Sadhabhavana Party (Anandidevi)">Nepal Sadhabhavana Party (Anandidevi)</a> </td> <td>104 </td> <td>76 </td> <td>Rakesh Kumar Gupta </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nepal_Samata_Party" title="Nepal Samata Party">Nepal Samata Party</a> </td> <td>14 </td> <td>35 </td> <td>Sakila Ranjitkar </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nepal_Samyabadi_Dal" title="Nepal Samyabadi Dal">Nepal Samyabadi Dal</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>42 </td> <td>Mukunda Khanal </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nepal_Shanti_Kshetra_Parishad" title="Nepal Shanti Kshetra Parishad">Nepal Shanti Kshetra Parishad</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>40 </td> <td>Tilakbahadur Negi </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nepal_Sukumbasi_Party_(Loktantrik)" title="Nepal Sukumbasi Party (Loktantrik)">Nepal Sukumbasi Party (Loktantrik)</a> </td> <td>11 </td> <td>58 </td> <td>Manju Kumari Suyal </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nepal_Workers_Peasants_Party" title="Nepal Workers Peasants Party">Nepal Workers Peasants Party</a> </td> <td>98 </td> <td>86 </td> <td>Narayan Man Bijukchhe </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nepali_Congress" title="Nepali Congress">Nepali Congress</a> </td> <td>240 </td> <td>335 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/G.P._Koirala" class="mw-redirect" title="G.P. Koirala">G.P. Koirala</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nepali_Congress_(Rastrabadi)" title="Nepali Congress (Rastrabadi)">Nepali Congress (Rastrabadi)</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>50 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Khanuparude_(Rambabu_Prasai)" class="mw-redirect" title="Khanuparude (Rambabu Prasai)">Khanuparude</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nepali_Janata_Dal" title="Nepali Janata Dal">Nepali Janata Dal</a> </td> <td>40 </td> <td>99 </td> <td>Hari Charan Shah </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rashtrabadi_Ekta_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Rashtrabadi Ekta Party">Rashtrabadi Ekta Party</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>50 </td> <td>Chandra Maya Maharjan </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rashtrabadi_Yuba_Morcha" class="mw-redirect" title="Rashtrabadi Yuba Morcha">Rashtrabadi Yuba Morcha</a> </td> <td>5 </td> <td>59 </td> <td>Shyam Kumar Thapa </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Bikas_Party" title="Rastriya Bikas Party">Rastriya Bikas Party</a> </td> <td>21 </td> <td>38 </td> <td>Asarfi Shah </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Janamorcha" title="Rastriya Janamorcha">Rastriya Janamorcha</a> </td> <td>122 </td> <td>335 </td> <td>Santbahadur Nepali </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Janamukti_Party" title="Rastriya Janamukti Party">Rastriya Janamukti Party</a> </td> <td>84 </td> <td>100 </td> <td>Urmila Kumari Nepali </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Janata_Dal" title="Rastriya Janata Dal">Rastriya Janata Dal</a> </td> <td>8 </td> <td>39 </td> <td>Bhogendra Nath Shah Kanu </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Janata_Dal_Nepal" title="Rastriya Janata Dal Nepal">Rastriya Janata Dal Nepal</a> </td> <td>17 </td> <td>81 </td> <td>Bharat Prasad Mehta </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Janshakti_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Rastriya Janshakti Party">Rastriya Janshakti Party</a> </td> <td>198 </td> <td>304 </td> <td>Shakuntala Devi </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party" title="Rastriya Prajatantra Party">Rastriya Prajatantra Party</a> </td> <td>233 </td> <td>335 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lokendra_Bahadur_Chand" title="Lokendra Bahadur Chand">Lokendra Bahadur Chand</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party_Nepal" title="Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal">Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal</a> </td> <td>204 </td> <td>266 </td> <td>Bhojraj Ghimire </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sadbhavana_Party" title="Sadbhavana Party">Sadbhavana Party</a> </td> <td>87 </td> <td>100 </td> <td>Bishwanath Singh Rajbanshi </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Samajbadi_Party_Nepal" title="Samajbadi Party Nepal">Samajbadi Party Nepal</a> </td> <td>5 </td> <td>41 </td> <td>Mumtaz Alam </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Samajbadi_Prajatantrik_Janata_Party,_Nepal" class="mw-redirect" title="Samajbadi Prajatantrik Janata Party, Nepal">Samajbadi Prajatantrik Janata Party, Nepal</a> </td> <td>50 </td> <td>175 </td> <td>Prem Bahadur Singh </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sanghiya_Loktantrik_Rastriya_Manch" title="Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch">Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch</a> </td> <td>45 </td> <td>100 </td> <td>Dev Kumar Buddhist </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sa-Shakti_Nepal" title="Sa-Shakti Nepal">Sa-Shakti Nepal</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Shanti_Party_Nepal" title="Shanti Party Nepal">Shanti Party Nepal</a> </td> <td>12 </td> <td>69 </td> <td>Tej Prasad Upadhaya </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tamsalin_Nepal_Rastriya_Dal" class="mw-redirect" title="Tamsalin Nepal Rastriya Dal">Tamsalin Nepal Rastriya Dal</a> </td> <td>22 </td> <td>54 </td> <td>Parshuram Tamang </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Terai_Madhesh_Loktantrik_Party_(2007)" title="Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party (2007)">Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party</a> </td> <td>94 </td> <td>100 </td> <td>Mahendra Prasad Yadav </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independents</a> </td> <td>816 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Notably, the <a href="/wiki/Nepali_Congress" title="Nepali Congress">Nepali Congress</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nepali_Congress_(Democratic)" title="Nepali Congress (Democratic)">Nepali Congress (Democratic)</a> merged prior to the elections on 25 September 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Marxist-Leninist-Maoist_Centre)" class="mw-redirect" title="Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist-Maoist Centre)">Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist-Maoist Centre)</a>, which had registered itself ahead of the elections and which held 1 MP, has merged into the <a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Maoist_Centre)" title="Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)">Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)</a>. </p><p>On the day before the filing deadline, the <a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Janashakti_Party" title="Rastriya Janashakti Party">Rastriya Janashakti Party</a> announced it would boycott the election, citing the fact that the government "ignored the worsening situation in the Terai plans". The <a href="/wiki/Green_Nepal_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Green Nepal Party">Green Nepal Party</a> had earlier also announced a boycott, demanding that a neutral caretaker government supervise the polls.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Of the 74 registered political parties, 38 submitted closed candidate lists for the proportional representation by the deadline of 20 February 2008. The deadline for filing for the FPTP seats is 25 February 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Results">Results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Nepalese_Constituent_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"><caption></caption><tbody><tr><th colspan="10" style="text-align:center;color:black;background:#F8F9FA"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nepal_ConstituentAsembly_2008.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Nepal_ConstituentAsembly_2008.svg/360px-Nepal_ConstituentAsembly_2008.svg.png" decoding="async" width="360" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Nepal_ConstituentAsembly_2008.svg/540px-Nepal_ConstituentAsembly_2008.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Nepal_ConstituentAsembly_2008.svg/720px-Nepal_ConstituentAsembly_2008.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a></span></th></tr><tr><th scope="col" colspan="2" rowspan="2">Party</th><th scope="col" colspan="3">Proportional</th><th scope="col" colspan="3">FPTP</th><th colspan="5" scope="col">Seats</th></tr><tr><th scope="col" rowspan="1">Votes</th><th scope="col" rowspan="1">%</th><th scope="col" rowspan="1">Seats</th><th scope="col" rowspan="1">Votes</th><th scope="col" rowspan="1">%</th><th scope="col" rowspan="1">Seats</th><th scope="col">Nom.</th><th scope="col">Total</th></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#8B0000"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Maoist_Centre)" title="Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)">Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)</a></td><td style="text-align:right">3,144,204</td><td style="text-align:right">29.28</td><td style="text-align:right">100</td><td style="text-align:right">3,145,519</td><td style="text-align:right">30.52</td><td style="text-align:right">120</td><td style="text-align:right">9</td><td style="text-align:right">229</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:green"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Nepali_Congress" title="Nepali Congress">Nepali Congress</a></td><td style="text-align:right">2,269,883</td><td style="text-align:right">21.14</td><td style="text-align:right">73</td><td style="text-align:right">2,348,890</td><td style="text-align:right">22.79</td><td style="text-align:right">37</td><td style="text-align:right">5</td><td style="text-align:right">115</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#DC241F"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Unified_Marxist-Leninist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)">Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)</a></td><td style="text-align:right">2,183,370</td><td style="text-align:right">20.33</td><td style="text-align:right">70</td><td style="text-align:right">2,229,064</td><td style="text-align:right">21.63</td><td style="text-align:right">33</td><td style="text-align:right">5</td><td style="text-align:right">108</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:orangered"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Madheshi_Jana_Adhikar_Forum,_Nepal" title="Madheshi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal">Madheshi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal</a></td><td style="text-align:right">678,327</td><td style="text-align:right">6.32</td><td style="text-align:right">22</td><td style="text-align:right">634,154</td><td style="text-align:right">6.15</td><td style="text-align:right">30</td><td style="text-align:right">2</td><td style="text-align:right">54</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:olivedrab"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Terai_Madhesh_Loktantrik_Party_(2007)" title="Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party (2007)">Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">338,930</td><td style="text-align:right">3.16</td><td style="text-align:right">11</td><td style="text-align:right">345,587</td><td style="text-align:right">3.35</td><td style="text-align:right">9</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">21</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:gold"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party" title="Rastriya Prajatantra Party">Rastriya Prajatantra Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">263,431</td><td style="text-align:right">2.45</td><td style="text-align:right">8</td><td style="text-align:right">310,214</td><td style="text-align:right">3.01</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">8</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:indianred"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Marxist%E2%80%93Leninist)_(2002)" title="Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist) (2002)">Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist)</a></td><td style="text-align:right">243,545</td><td style="text-align:right">2.27</td><td style="text-align:right">8</td><td style="text-align:right">168,196</td><td style="text-align:right">1.63</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">9</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:seagreen"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Sadbhavana_Party" title="Sadbhavana Party">Sadbhavana Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">167,517</td><td style="text-align:right">1.56</td><td style="text-align:right">5</td><td style="text-align:right">174,086</td><td style="text-align:right">1.69</td><td style="text-align:right">4</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">9</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:tomato"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Janamorcha_Nepal" title="Janamorcha Nepal">Janamorcha Nepal</a></td><td style="text-align:right">164,381</td><td style="text-align:right">1.53</td><td style="text-align:right">5</td><td style="text-align:right">136,846</td><td style="text-align:right">1.33</td><td style="text-align:right">2</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">8</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:palevioletred"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(United)" title="Communist Party of Nepal (United)">Communist Party of Nepal (United)</a></td><td style="text-align:right">154,968</td><td style="text-align:right">1.44</td><td style="text-align:right">5</td><td style="text-align:right">39,100</td><td style="text-align:right">0.38</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">5</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:orange"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party_Nepal" title="Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal">Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal</a></td><td style="text-align:right">110,519</td><td style="text-align:right">1.03</td><td style="text-align:right">4</td><td style="text-align:right">76,684</td><td style="text-align:right">0.74</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">4</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:firebrick"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Janamorcha" title="Rastriya Janamorcha">Rastriya Janamorcha</a></td><td style="text-align:right">106,224</td><td style="text-align:right">0.99</td><td style="text-align:right">3</td><td style="text-align:right">93,578</td><td style="text-align:right">0.91</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">4</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:khaki"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Janshakti_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Rastriya Janshakti Party">Rastriya Janshakti Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">102,147</td><td style="text-align:right">0.95</td><td style="text-align:right">3</td><td style="text-align:right">79,925</td><td style="text-align:right">0.78</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">3</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#ff8080"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Nepal_Workers_Peasants_Party" title="Nepal Workers Peasants Party">Nepal Workers Peasants Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">74,089</td><td style="text-align:right">0.69</td><td style="text-align:right">2</td><td style="text-align:right">65,908</td><td style="text-align:right">0.64</td><td style="text-align:right">2</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">5</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:hotpink"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Sanghiya_Loktantrik_Rastriya_Manch" title="Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch">Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch</a></td><td style="text-align:right">71,958</td><td style="text-align:right">0.67</td><td style="text-align:right">2</td><td style="text-align:right">36,060</td><td style="text-align:right">0.35</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">2</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:greenyellow"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Nepal_Sadbhavana_Party_(Anandidevi)" title="Nepal Sadbhavana Party (Anandidevi)">Nepal Sadbhavana Party (Anandidevi)</a></td><td style="text-align:right">55,671</td><td style="text-align:right">0.52</td><td style="text-align:right">2</td><td style="text-align:right">45,254</td><td style="text-align:right">0.44</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">3</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:DodgerBlue"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Janamukti_Party" title="Rastriya Janamukti Party">Rastriya Janamukti Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">53,910</td><td style="text-align:right">0.50</td><td style="text-align:right">2</td><td style="text-align:right">38,568</td><td style="text-align:right">0.37</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">2</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#c21e56"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Nepali_Janata_Dal" title="Nepali Janata Dal">Nepali Janata Dal</a></td><td style="text-align:right">48,990</td><td style="text-align:right">0.46</td><td style="text-align:right">2</td><td style="text-align:right">17,162</td><td style="text-align:right">0.17</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">2</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#ff007f"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Unified)" title="Communist Party of Nepal (Unified)">Communist Party of Nepal (Unified)</a></td><td style="text-align:right">48,600</td><td style="text-align:right">0.45</td><td style="text-align:right">2</td><td style="text-align:right">51,928</td><td style="text-align:right">0.50</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">2</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:blue"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Dalit_Janajati_Party" title="Dalit Janajati Party">Dalit Janajati Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">40,348</td><td style="text-align:right">0.38</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">31,444</td><td style="text-align:right">0.31</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#e34234"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Nepa_Rastriya_Party" title="Nepa Rastriya Party">Nepa Rastriya Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">37,757</td><td style="text-align:right">0.35</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">11,352</td><td style="text-align:right">0.11</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#c03000"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Samajbadi_Prajatantrik_Janata_Party,_Nepal" class="mw-redirect" title="Samajbadi Prajatantrik Janata Party, Nepal">Samajbadi Prajatantrik Janata Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">35,752</td><td style="text-align:right">0.33</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">13,246</td><td style="text-align:right">0.13</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F0FFF0"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Chure_Bhawar_Rastriya_Ekta_Party_Nepal" title="Chure Bhawar Rastriya Ekta Party Nepal">Chure Bhawar Rastriya Ekta Party Nepal</a></td><td style="text-align:right">28,575</td><td style="text-align:right">0.27</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">18,908</td><td style="text-align:right">0.18</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#fbceb1"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Nepal_Loktantrik_Samajbadi_Dal" title="Nepal Loktantrik Samajbadi Dal">Nepal Loktantrik Samajbadi Dal</a></td><td style="text-align:right">25,022</td><td style="text-align:right">0.23</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">10,432</td><td style="text-align:right">0.10</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#87CEEB"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Nepal_Pariwar_Dal" title="Nepal Pariwar Dal">Nepal Pariwar Dal</a></td><td style="text-align:right">23,512</td><td style="text-align:right">0.22</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td colspan="3"></td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:crimson"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Marxist)_(1991%E2%80%932005)" title="Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist) (1991–2005)">Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist)</a></td><td style="text-align:right">21,234</td><td style="text-align:right">0.20</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">1,759</td><td style="text-align:right">0.02</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#E6DBCF"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Tamsaling_Nepal_Rastriya_Dal" title="Tamsaling Nepal Rastriya Dal">Tamsaling Nepal Rastriya Dal</a></td><td style="text-align:right">20,657</td><td style="text-align:right">0.19</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">5,468</td><td style="text-align:right">0.05</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Janata_Dal" title="Rastriya Janata Dal">Rastriya Janata Dal</a></td><td style="text-align:right">19,305</td><td style="text-align:right">0.18</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">5,556</td><td style="text-align:right">0.05</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:crimson"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(United_Marxist)" title="Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist)">Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist)</a></td><td style="text-align:right">18,717</td><td style="text-align:right">0.17</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">10,076</td><td style="text-align:right">0.10</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Lok_Kalyankari_Janta_Party_Nepal" title="Lok Kalyankari Janta Party Nepal">Lok Kalyankari Janta Party Nepal</a></td><td style="text-align:right">18,123</td><td style="text-align:right">0.17</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">6,700</td><td style="text-align:right">0.07</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Nepal_Janabhavana_Party" title="Nepal Janabhavana Party">Nepal Janabhavana Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">13,173</td><td style="text-align:right">0.12</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">104</td><td style="text-align:right">0.00</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#E6DBCF"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Janata_Dal_Nepal" title="Rastriya Janata Dal Nepal">Rastriya Janata Dal Nepal</a></td><td style="text-align:right">12,678</td><td style="text-align:right">0.12</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">4,497</td><td style="text-align:right">0.04</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:orange"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Nepal_Janata_Party" title="Nepal Janata Party">Nepal Janata Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">12,531</td><td style="text-align:right">0.12</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">5,635</td><td style="text-align:right">0.05</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#008080"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Mongol_National_Organisation" title="Mongol National Organisation">Mongol National Organisation</a></td><td style="text-align:right">11,578</td><td style="text-align:right">0.11</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">6,349</td><td style="text-align:right">0.06</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#98FB98"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Nepal_Shanti_Kshetra_Parishad" title="Nepal Shanti Kshetra Parishad">Nepal Shanti Kshetra Parishad</a></td><td style="text-align:right">10,565</td><td style="text-align:right">0.10</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">45</td><td style="text-align:right">0.00</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:orange"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Shanti_Party_Nepal" title="Shanti Party Nepal">Shanti Party Nepal</a></td><td style="text-align:right">10,511</td><td style="text-align:right">0.10</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">970</td><td style="text-align:right">0.01</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Bikas_Party" title="Rastriya Bikas Party">Rastriya Bikas Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">9,329</td><td style="text-align:right">0.09</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">2,612</td><td style="text-align:right">0.03</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:coral"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Nepal_Sukumbasi_Party_(Loktantrik)" title="Nepal Sukumbasi Party (Loktantrik)">Nepal Sukumbasi Party (Loktantrik)</a></td><td style="text-align:right">8,322</td><td style="text-align:right">0.08</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">1,459</td><td style="text-align:right">0.01</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#E6DBCF"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Nepal_Rastriya_Bikas_Party" title="Nepal Rastriya Bikas Party">Nepal Rastriya Bikas Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">8,026</td><td style="text-align:right">0.07</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">1,603</td><td style="text-align:right">0.02</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Nepal_Dalit_Shramik_Morcha" title="Nepal Dalit Shramik Morcha">Nepal Dalit Shramik Morcha</a></td><td style="text-align:right">7,107</td><td style="text-align:right">0.07</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">93</td><td style="text-align:right">0.00</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Samajbadi_Party_Nepal" title="Samajbadi Party Nepal">Samajbadi Party Nepal</a></td><td style="text-align:right">6,564</td><td style="text-align:right">0.06</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">1,197</td><td style="text-align:right">0.01</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Muskan_Sena_Nepal_Party" title="Muskan Sena Nepal Party">Muskan Sena Nepal Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">6,292</td><td style="text-align:right">0.06</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">2,490</td><td style="text-align:right">0.02</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:blue"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Nepali_Congress_(Rastrabadi)" title="Nepali Congress (Rastrabadi)">Nepali Congress (Rastrabadi)</a></td><td style="text-align:right">5,721</td><td style="text-align:right">0.05</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td colspan="3"></td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Nepal_Samyabadi_Dal" title="Nepal Samyabadi Dal">Nepal Samyabadi Dal</a></td><td style="text-align:right">5,478</td><td style="text-align:right">0.05</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">60</td><td style="text-align:right">0.00</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:purple"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Nawa_Janabadi_Morcha" title="Nawa Janabadi Morcha">Nawa Janabadi Morcha</a></td><td style="text-align:right">5,193</td><td style="text-align:right">0.05</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">992</td><td style="text-align:right">0.01</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:orange"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Hindu_Prajatantrik_Party" title="Hindu Prajatantrik Party">Hindu Prajatantrik Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">4,902</td><td style="text-align:right">0.05</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">265</td><td style="text-align:right">0.00</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#FFDAB9"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Nepal_Samata_Party" title="Nepal Samata Party">Nepal Samata Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">4,697</td><td style="text-align:right">0.04</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">459</td><td style="text-align:right">0.00</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Rastrabadi_Yuba_Morcha" title="Rastrabadi Yuba Morcha">Rastrabadi Yuba Morcha</a></td><td style="text-align:right">4,772</td><td style="text-align:right">0.04</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">496</td><td style="text-align:right">0.00</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#E6DBCF"></td><td><a href="/wiki/League_Nepal_Shanti_Ekta_Party" title="League Nepal Shanti Ekta Party">League Nepal Shanti Ekta Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">4,443</td><td style="text-align:right">0.04</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">316</td><td style="text-align:right">0.00</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Rastrabadi_Ekta_Party" title="Rastrabadi Ekta Party">Rastrabadi Ekta Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">4,150</td><td style="text-align:right">0.04</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">43</td><td style="text-align:right">0.00</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:pink"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Sa-Shakti_Nepal" title="Sa-Shakti Nepal">Sa-Shakti Nepal</a></td><td style="text-align:right">3,752</td><td style="text-align:right">0.03</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">532</td><td style="text-align:right">0.01</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:yellow"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Janamukti_Party_Nepal" title="Janamukti Party Nepal">Janamukti Party Nepal</a></td><td style="text-align:right">3,396</td><td style="text-align:right">0.03</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">281</td><td style="text-align:right">0.00</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#E6DBCF"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Nepal_Rastriya_Loktantrik_Dal" title="Nepal Rastriya Loktantrik Dal">Nepal Rastriya Loktantrik Dal</a></td><td style="text-align:right">3,216</td><td style="text-align:right">0.03</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">57</td><td style="text-align:right">0.00</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#40E0D0"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Nawa_Nepal_Prajatantrik_Dal" title="Nawa Nepal Prajatantrik Dal">Nawa Nepal Prajatantrik Dal</a></td><td style="text-align:right">3,016</td><td style="text-align:right">0.03</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">34</td><td style="text-align:right">0.00</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:yellow"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Samajbadi_Party" title="Liberal Samajbadi Party">Liberal Samajbadi Party</a></td><td colspan="3"></td><td style="text-align:right">152</td><td style="text-align:right">0.00</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Nepal_Rastriya_Janakalayan_Party" title="Nepal Rastriya Janakalayan Party">Nepal Rastriya Janakalayan Party</a></td><td colspan="3"></td><td style="text-align:right">96</td><td style="text-align:right">0.00</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#DCDCDC"></td><td>Independents</td><td colspan="3"></td><td style="text-align:right">123,619</td><td style="text-align:right">1.20</td><td style="text-align:right">2</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">2</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold"><td colspan="2">Total</td><td style="text-align:right">10,739,078</td><td style="text-align:right">100.00</td><td style="text-align:right">335</td><td style="text-align:right">10,306,120</td><td style="text-align:right">100.00</td><td style="text-align:right">240</td><td style="text-align:right">26</td><td style="text-align:right">601</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom"><td colspan="10" style="color:black;background:#eaecf0"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Valid votes</th><td>10,739,078</td><td>96.34</td><td></td><td>10,306,120</td><td>94.85</td><td></td><td colspan="3"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Invalid/blank votes</th><td>407,462</td><td>3.66</td><td></td><td>560,011</td><td>5.15</td><td></td><td colspan="3"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold;text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;background:inherit;color:inherit">Total votes</th><td>11,146,540</td><td>100.00</td><td></td><td>10,866,131</td><td>100.00</td><td></td><td colspan="3"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Registered voters/turnout</th><td>17,611,832</td><td>63.29</td><td></td><td>17,611,832</td><td>61.70</td><td></td><td colspan="3"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><td colspan="10" style="text-align:left">Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091003184536/http://www.election.gov.np/reports/CAResults/reportBody.php">Election Commission</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080704204101/http://www.nepalnews.com/archive/2008/apr/apr25/news08.php">Nepal News</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kantipuronline.com/kolnews.php?&nid=151479">Kantipur Online</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kantipuronline.com/kolnews.php?&nid=151586">Kantipur Online</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/n/nepal/nepal2008.txt">Psephos</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="By_constituency">By constituency</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Nepalese_Constituent_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: By constituency"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2008 Constituent Assembly election</a>: <a href="/wiki/Bardiya_District" title="Bardiya District">Bardiya</a>-1<sup id="cite_ref-election_gov_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-election_gov-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="This citation requires a reference to the specific page or range of pages in which the material appears. (August 2021)">page needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="width: 250px">Party </th> <th style="width: 200px">Candidate </th> <th style="width: 50px">Votes </th> <th style="width: 40px">% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #8B0000; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Unified_Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Maoist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)">Maoist Centre</a> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Sarala_Regmi" title="Sarala Regmi">Sarala Regmi</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">17955 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">39.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #DC241F; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Unified_Marxist-Leninist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)">CPN (UML)</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bamdev_Gautam" class="mw-redirect" title="Bamdev Gautam">Bamdev Gautam</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">13773 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">30.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: green; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Nepali_Congress" title="Nepali Congress">Congress</a> </td> <td>Malti Sodari </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6831 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">15.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: gold; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party" title="Rastriya Prajatantra Party">RPP</a> </td> <td>Gobind Prasad Tharu </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2324 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: indianred; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Marxist-Leninist)_(2002)" class="mw-redirect" title="Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist) (2002)">Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist) (2002)</a> </td> <td>Narbahadur Bohra </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1815 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: orangered; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Madheshi_Jana_Adhikar_Forum,_Nepal" title="Madheshi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal">MJF-N</a> </td> <td>Thakur Singh Tharu </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1340 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #c03000; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Samajbadi_Prajatantrik_Janata_Party,_Nepal" class="mw-redirect" title="Samajbadi Prajatantrik Janata Party, Nepal">Samajbadi Prajatantrik Janata Party</a> </td> <td>Ramesh Bahadur Chaudhari </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">307 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: tomato; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Janamorcha_Nepal" title="Janamorcha Nepal">Janamorcha</a> </td> <td>Keshwaraj Poudel </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">305 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: khaki; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Janshakti_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Rastriya Janshakti Party">Janashakti</a> </td> <td>Surya Bahadur Singh </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">171 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: olivedrab; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Terai_Madhesh_Loktantrik_Party_(2007)" title="Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party (2007)">TMLP</a> </td> <td>Gobind Prasad Tharu </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">97 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td>Balaram Upadhyaya Kaphle </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">90 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #ff8080; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Nepal_Workers_Peasants_Party" title="Nepal Workers Peasants Party">NMKP</a> </td> <td>Prakash Bahadur Shahi </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">80 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: firebrick; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Janamorcha" title="Rastriya Janamorcha">Janamorcha</a> </td> <td>Indira Upadhyaya </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">70 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: orange; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party_Nepal" title="Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal">RPP-Nepal</a> </td> <td>Karna Bahadur Khadka </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">34 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.1 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2008 Constituent Assembly election</a>: <a href="/wiki/Bhaktapur_District" title="Bhaktapur District">Bhaktapur</a>-1<sup id="cite_ref-election_gov_47-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-election_gov-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Candidates_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Candidates-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="width: 250px">Party </th> <th style="width: 200px">Candidate </th> <th style="width: 50px">Votes </th> <th style="width: 40px">% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #ff8080; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Nepal_Workers_Peasants_Party" title="Nepal Workers Peasants Party">NMKP</a> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Narayan_Man_Bijukchhe" title="Narayan Man Bijukchhe">Narayan Man Bijukchhe</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">19972 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">37.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #8B0000; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Unified_Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Maoist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)">Maoist Centre</a> </td> <td>Devendra Shrestha </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">11548 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">21.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: green; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Nepali_Congress" title="Nepali Congress">Congress</a> </td> <td>Mahesh Shrestha </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7327 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">15.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #DC241F; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Unified_Marxist-Leninist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)">CPN (UML)</a> </td> <td>Krishna Sundar Dhyo </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7327 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">13.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: gold; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party" title="Rastriya Prajatantra Party">RPP</a> </td> <td>Surendra Pratap Shah </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3215 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: orange; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party_Nepal" title="Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal">RPP-Nepal</a> </td> <td>Chitra Bahadur Pande </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">992 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td>Rajaram Dubal </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">617 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: tomato; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Janamorcha_Nepal" title="Janamorcha Nepal">Janamorcha</a> </td> <td>Ramsharan Dahal </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">368 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td>Ram Lal Nemhaphuki </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">91 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: khaki; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Janshakti_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Rastriya Janshakti Party">Janashakti</a> </td> <td>Nilkanth Thapa </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">90 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #ff007f; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Unified)" title="Communist Party of Nepal (Unified)">CPN (Unified)</a> </td> <td>Samita Rai </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">86 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td>Ram Kumar Tama </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">68 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td>Shivhari Rokka </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">40 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td>Lakshmi Sundar Basukala </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">38 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td>Ramkrishna Twayana </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">35 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td>Kanchha Shyama </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">33 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.1 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2008 Constituent Assembly election</a>: <a href="/wiki/Bhaktapur_District" title="Bhaktapur District">Bhaktapur</a>-2<sup id="cite_ref-election_gov_47-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-election_gov-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Candidates_48-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Candidates-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="width: 250px">Party </th> <th style="width: 200px">Candidate </th> <th style="width: 50px">Votes </th> <th style="width: 40px">% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #ff8080; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Nepal_Workers_Peasants_Party" title="Nepal Workers Peasants Party">NMKP</a> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Sunil_Prajapati" title="Sunil Prajapati">Sunil Prajapati</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">18100 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">29.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: green; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Nepali_Congress" title="Nepali Congress">Congress</a> </td> <td>Lekhnath Neupane </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">13265 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">21.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #DC241F; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Unified_Marxist-Leninist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)">CPN (UML)</a> </td> <td>Ganesh Bahadur Khatri </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">11769 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">19.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #8B0000; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Unified_Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Maoist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)">Maoist Centre</a> </td> <td>Arjun Bahadur Thapa </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10966 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">17.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: gold; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party" title="Rastriya Prajatantra Party">RPP</a> </td> <td>Ramhari Thapa </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3418 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: tomato; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Janamorcha_Nepal" title="Janamorcha Nepal">Janamorcha</a> </td> <td>Krishnalal Goja Shrestha </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1645 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: indianred; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Marxist-Leninist)_(2002)" class="mw-redirect" title="Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist) (2002)">Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist) (2002)</a> </td> <td>Adip Kumar Khadka </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1363 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: orange; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party_Nepal" title="Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal">RPP-Nepal</a> </td> <td>Suryahari Shakdev </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">567 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #ff007f; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Unified)" title="Communist Party of Nepal (Unified)">CPN (Unified)</a> </td> <td>Urmila Devkota </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">156 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td>Haribhakta Bagshrestha </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">156 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: crimson; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(United_Marxist)" title="Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist)">CPN (United Marxist)</a> </td> <td>Radhika Baral </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">72 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: pink; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Sa-Shakti_Nepal" title="Sa-Shakti Nepal">Sa-Shakti</a> </td> <td>Chandra Kumari Rana </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">70 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.1 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2008 Constituent Assembly election</a>: <a href="/wiki/Ilam_District" title="Ilam District">Ilam</a>-1<sup id="cite_ref-election_gov_47-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-election_gov-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="width: 250px">Party </th> <th style="width: 200px">Candidate </th> <th style="width: 50px">Votes </th> <th style="width: 40px">% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #DC241F; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Unified_Marxist-Leninist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)">CPN (UML)</a> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jhal_Nath_Khanal" class="mw-redirect" title="Jhal Nath Khanal">Jhal Nath Khanal</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">17655 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">47.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: green; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Nepali_Congress" title="Nepali Congress">Congress</a> </td> <td>Bhupen Raj Prasai </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9311 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">24.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #8B0000; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Unified_Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Maoist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)">Maoist Centre</a> </td> <td>Surya Prakash Bala (Rai) </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7396 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">19.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: gold; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party" title="Rastriya Prajatantra Party">RPP</a> </td> <td>Lila Devi Shrestha (Sherpa) </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1528 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #008080; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Mongol_National_Organisation" title="Mongol National Organisation">Mongol National Organisation</a> </td> <td>Dilip Kumar Rai </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">796 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: hotpink; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Sanghiya_Loktantrik_Rastriya_Manch" title="Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch">Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch</a> </td> <td>Bikram Chemjong </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">402 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: crimson; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(United_Marxist)" title="Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist)">CPN (United Marxist)</a> </td> <td>Lok Narayan Subedi </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">189 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: khaki; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Janshakti_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Rastriya Janshakti Party">Janashakti</a> </td> <td>Chatur Man Limbu </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">62 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td>Tirtha Raj Acharaya </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">25 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td>Khadga Bahadur Magar </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">22 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td>Pharsu Kumar Rai </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">21 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.1 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2008 Constituent Assembly election</a>: <a href="/wiki/Ilam_District" title="Ilam District">Ilam</a>-2<sup id="cite_ref-election_gov_47-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-election_gov-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="width: 250px">Party </th> <th style="width: 200px">Candidate </th> <th style="width: 50px">Votes </th> <th style="width: 40px">% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #DC241F; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Unified_Marxist-Leninist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)">CPN (UML)</a> </td> <td><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Subhas_Newang&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Subhas Newang (page does not exist)">Subhas Newang</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">17748 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">40.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: green; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Nepali_Congress" title="Nepali Congress">Congress</a> </td> <td>Keshav Thapa </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">14044 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">31.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #8B0000; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Unified_Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Maoist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)">Maoist Centre</a> </td> <td>Harka Bahadur Lawati </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8916 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">20.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: hotpink; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Sanghiya_Loktantrik_Rastriya_Manch" title="Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch">Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch</a> </td> <td>Uttam Kumar Yonghang </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1678 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #008080; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Mongol_National_Organisation" title="Mongol National Organisation">Mongol National Organisation</a> </td> <td>Ganesh Bahadur Rai </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">779 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: gold; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party" title="Rastriya Prajatantra Party">RPP</a> </td> <td>Ladal Bahadur Limbu </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">330 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #ff007f; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Unified)" title="Communist Party of Nepal (Unified)">CPN (Unified)</a> </td> <td>Rawat Raj Puri (Gagan) </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">313 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: khaki; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Janshakti_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Rastriya Janshakti Party">Janashakti</a> </td> <td>Prem Lal Chamlagai </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">110 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: crimson; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(United_Marxist)" title="Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist)">CPN (United Marxist)</a> </td> <td>Panch Narayan Limbu </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">87 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td>Basant Kumar Rai </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">39 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.1 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2008 Constituent Assembly election</a>: <a href="/wiki/Ilam_District" title="Ilam District">Ilam</a>-3<sup id="cite_ref-election_gov_47-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-election_gov-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="width: 250px">Party </th> <th style="width: 200px">Candidate </th> <th style="width: 50px">Votes </th> <th style="width: 40px">% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #DC241F; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Unified_Marxist-Leninist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)">CPN (UML)</a> </td> <td><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dharma_Prasad_Upreti&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dharma Prasad Upreti (page does not exist)">Dharma Prasad Upreti</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">14695 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">34.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #8B0000; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Unified_Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Maoist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)">Maoist Centre</a> </td> <td>Sarita Rai </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8474 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">19.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #008080; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Mongol_National_Organisation" title="Mongol National Organisation">Mongol National Organisation</a> </td> <td>Gopal Gurung </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2377 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: gold; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party" title="Rastriya Prajatantra Party">RPP</a> </td> <td>Ladal Bahadur Gurung </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">516 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: crimson; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(United_Marxist)" title="Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist)">CPN (United Marxist)</a> </td> <td>Bhumi Prasad Dhugana </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">250 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: khaki; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Janshakti_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Rastriya Janshakti Party">Janashakti</a> </td> <td>Sagar Kumar Acharaya </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">126 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: orange; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party_Nepal" title="Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal">RPP-Nepal</a> </td> <td>Dharma Raj Newang </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">104 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #E6DBCF; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Nepal_Rastriya_Bikas_Party" title="Nepal Rastriya Bikas Party">Nepal Rastriya Bikas Party</a> </td> <td>Nabin Kumar Gurunggai </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">75 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.2 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2008 Constituent Assembly election</a>: <a href="/wiki/Jhapa_District" title="Jhapa District">Jhapa</a>-1<sup id="cite_ref-election_gov_47-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-election_gov-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="width: 250px">Party </th> <th style="width: 200px">Candidate </th> <th style="width: 50px">Votes </th> <th style="width: 40px">% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #8B0000; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Unified_Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Maoist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)">Maoist Centre</a> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Dharma_Prasad_Ghimire" title="Dharma Prasad Ghimire">Dharma Prasad Ghimire</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">15276 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">32.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: green; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Nepali_Congress" title="Nepali Congress">Congress</a> </td> <td>Narendra Bikram Nemwang </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">14283 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">30.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #DC241F; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Unified_Marxist-Leninist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)">CPN (UML)</a> </td> <td>Naresh Kharel </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">13185 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">27.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: indianred; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Marxist-Leninist)_(2002)" class="mw-redirect" title="Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist) (2002)">Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist) (2002)</a> </td> <td>Badri Prasad Upreti </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1552 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #008080; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Mongol_National_Organisation" title="Mongol National Organisation">Mongol National Organisation</a> </td> <td>Shanti Lal Dhimal </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">868 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: hotpink; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Sanghiya_Loktantrik_Rastriya_Manch" title="Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch">Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch</a> </td> <td>Man Bahadur Saba Limbu </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">828 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: gold; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party" title="Rastriya Prajatantra Party">RPP</a> </td> <td>Om Prakash Mishra </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">481 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: orangered; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Madheshi_Jana_Adhikar_Forum,_Nepal" title="Madheshi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal">MJF-N</a> </td> <td>Shambhu Narayan Jha </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">259 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #c03000; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Samajbadi_Prajatantrik_Janata_Party,_Nepal" class="mw-redirect" title="Samajbadi Prajatantrik Janata Party, Nepal">Samajbadi Prajatantrik Janata Party</a> </td> <td>Hari Lama Tamang </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">229 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: khaki; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Janshakti_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Rastriya Janshakti Party">Janashakti</a> </td> <td>Chitra Bahadur Acharaya </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">185 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: seagreen; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Sadbhavana_Party" title="Sadbhavana Party">Sadbhavana</a> </td> <td>Ram Suphal Kamati </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">161 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: orange; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party_Nepal" title="Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal">RPP-Nepal</a> </td> <td>Kumar Yasko Limbu </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">132 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: DodgerBlue; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Janamukti_Party" title="Rastriya Janamukti Party">Janamukti</a> </td> <td>Pagal Singh Meche </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">101 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.2 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2008 Constituent Assembly election</a>: <a href="/wiki/Jhapa_District" title="Jhapa District">Jhapa</a>-2<sup id="cite_ref-election_gov_47-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-election_gov-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="width: 250px">Party </th> <th style="width: 200px">Candidate </th> <th style="width: 50px">Votes </th> <th style="width: 40px">% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #8B0000; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Unified_Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Maoist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)">Maoist Centre</a> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Gauri_Shankar_Khadka" title="Gauri Shankar Khadka">Gauri Shankar Khadka</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">18580 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">48.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: green; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Nepali_Congress" title="Nepali Congress">Congress</a> </td> <td>Sudhir Kumar Sibakoti </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">13843 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">36.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #DC241F; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Unified_Marxist-Leninist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)">CPN (UML)</a> </td> <td>Menuka Pokharel Kale </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3654 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: orangered; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Madheshi_Jana_Adhikar_Forum,_Nepal" title="Madheshi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal">MJF-N</a> </td> <td>Mahendra Bhusan Shah </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">464 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: seagreen; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Sadbhavana_Party" title="Sadbhavana Party">Sadbhavana</a> </td> <td>Doma Lal Rajashi </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">351 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: hotpink; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Sanghiya_Loktantrik_Rastriya_Manch" title="Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch">Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch</a> </td> <td>Kali Bahadur Limbu </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">291 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: gold; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party" title="Rastriya Prajatantra Party">RPP</a> </td> <td>Sushila Bastet </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">259 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: orange; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party_Nepal" title="Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal">RPP-Nepal</a> </td> <td>Kumar Bhattarai </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">227 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: tomato; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Janamorcha_Nepal" title="Janamorcha Nepal">Janamorcha</a> </td> <td>Jyotit Dalima </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">217 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #008080; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Mongol_National_Organisation" title="Mongol National Organisation">Mongol National Organisation</a> </td> <td>Buddha Lal Meche </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">129 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: DodgerBlue; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Janamukti_Party" title="Rastriya Janamukti Party">Janamukti</a> </td> <td>Kedar Gurung Ghale </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">94 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: olivedrab; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Terai_Madhesh_Loktantrik_Party_(2007)" title="Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party (2007)">TMLP</a> </td> <td>Dharmalal Rajbanshi </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">61 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #E6DBCF; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Janata_Dal_Nepal" title="Rastriya Janata Dal Nepal">RJD Nepal</a> </td> <td>Muhammed Majbul </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">44 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td>Krishna Bahadur Khatri </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">39 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.1 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2008 Constituent Assembly election</a>: <a href="/wiki/Jhapa_District" title="Jhapa District">Jhapa</a>-6<sup id="cite_ref-election_gov_47-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-election_gov-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="width: 250px">Party </th> <th style="width: 200px">Candidate </th> <th style="width: 50px">Votes </th> <th style="width: 40px">% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #DC241F; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Unified_Marxist-Leninist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)">CPN (UML)</a> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Dipak_Karki_(Jhapa_politician)" title="Dipak Karki (Jhapa politician)">Dipak Karki</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">14196 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">42.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: green; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Nepali_Congress" title="Nepali Congress">Congress</a> </td> <td>Surya Narayan Sintajpuriya </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10366 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">31.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #8B0000; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Unified_Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Maoist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)">Maoist Centre</a> </td> <td>{{{candidate}}} </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5610 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">16.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: orangered; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Madheshi_Jana_Adhikar_Forum,_Nepal" title="Madheshi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal">MJF-N</a> </td> <td>Badri Yadav </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1552 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: olivedrab; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Terai_Madhesh_Loktantrik_Party_(2007)" title="Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party (2007)">TMLP</a> </td> <td>Bijay Kumar Agrawal </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">715 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: hotpink; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Sanghiya_Loktantrik_Rastriya_Manch" title="Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch">Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch</a> </td> <td>Purna Bahadur Ingnam </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">211 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: gold; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party" title="Rastriya Prajatantra Party">RPP</a> </td> <td>Ghanendra Raj Chab </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">202 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #ff007f; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Unified)" title="Communist Party of Nepal (Unified)">CPN (Unified)</a> </td> <td>Gajendra Niraula </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">149 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: khaki; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Janshakti_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Rastriya Janshakti Party">Janashakti</a> </td> <td>Hari Prasad Neupane </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">119 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: orange; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party_Nepal" title="Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal">RPP-Nepal</a> </td> <td>Bhupal Bastet </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">110 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: DodgerBlue; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Janamukti_Party" title="Rastriya Janamukti Party">Janamukti</a> </td> <td>Nar Kumari Ingnam Subba </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">98 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #E6DBCF; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Janata_Dal_Nepal" title="Rastriya Janata Dal Nepal">RJD Nepal</a> </td> <td>Manoj Kumar Paswan </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">38 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td>Mohan Prasad Upreti </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">25 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td>Dilli Ram Sibakoti </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">24 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.1 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2008 Constituent Assembly election</a>: <a href="/wiki/Lalitpur_District,_Nepal" title="Lalitpur District, Nepal">Lalitpur</a>-3<sup id="cite_ref-election_gov_47-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-election_gov-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="width: 250px">Party </th> <th style="width: 200px">Candidate </th> <th style="width: 50px">Votes </th> <th style="width: 40px">% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #8B0000; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Unified_Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Maoist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)">Maoist Centre</a> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Pampha_Bhusal" title="Pampha Bhusal">Pampha Bhusal</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">18930 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">34.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #DC241F; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Unified_Marxist-Leninist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)">CPN (UML)</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Raghuji_Pant" title="Raghuji Pant">Raghuji Pant</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10632 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">19.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: green; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Nepali_Congress" title="Nepali Congress">Congress</a> </td> <td>Mohan Shyam Poudel </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10251 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">18.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: khaki; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Janshakti_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Rastriya Janshakti Party">Janashakti</a> </td> <td>Keshar Bahadur Bista </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5117 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: tomato; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Janamorcha_Nepal" title="Janamorcha Nepal">Janamorcha</a> </td> <td>Dipendra Shrestha </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3212 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #e34234; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Nepa_Rastriya_Party" title="Nepa Rastriya Party">Nepa Rastriya Party</a> </td> <td>Dhan Bhakta Shakya (Lumnti) </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1262 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: indianred; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Marxist-Leninist)_(2002)" class="mw-redirect" title="Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist) (2002)">Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist) (2002)</a> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Janak_Kumari_Chalise" title="Janak Kumari Chalise">Janak Kumari Chalise</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1198 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: gold; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party" title="Rastriya Prajatantra Party">RPP</a> </td> <td>Shudarshan Baniya </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">964 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: orange; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party_Nepal" title="Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal">RPP-Nepal</a> </td> <td>Rajendra Baniya </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">884 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: firebrick; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Janamorcha" title="Rastriya Janamorcha">Janamorcha</a> </td> <td>Dip Ram Maharjan </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">383 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #ff007f; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Unified)" title="Communist Party of Nepal (Unified)">CPN (Unified)</a> </td> <td>Bhupendra Limbu </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">251 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #E6DBCF; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Nepal_Rastriya_Bikas_Party" title="Nepal Rastriya Bikas Party">Nepal Rastriya Bikas Party</a> </td> <td>Devendra Prasad Bharati </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">179 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: olivedrab; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Terai_Madhesh_Loktantrik_Party_(2007)" title="Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party (2007)">TMLP</a> </td> <td>Krishna Kumar Jha </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">123 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td>Dil Bhakta Maharjan </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">81 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: yellow; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Janamukti_Party_Nepal" title="Janamukti Party Nepal">Janamukti Party Nepal</a> </td> <td>Atal Man Rai </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">76 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #ff8080; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Nepal_Workers_Peasants_Party" title="Nepal Workers Peasants Party">NMKP</a> </td> <td>Irina Shakya </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">69 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: crimson; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(United_Marxist)" title="Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist)">CPN (United Marxist)</a> </td> <td>Bhim Kumar Rai </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">53 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td>Ram Maharjan </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">37 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.1 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2008 Constituent Assembly election</a>: <a href="/wiki/Manang_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Manang District">Manang</a>-1<sup id="cite_ref-election_gov_47-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-election_gov-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="width: 250px">Party </th> <th style="width: 200px">Candidate </th> <th style="width: 50px">Votes </th> <th style="width: 40px">% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #8B0000; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Unified_Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Maoist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)">Maoist Centre</a> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Dev_Gurung" title="Dev Gurung">Dev Gurung</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1652 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">56.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: green; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Nepali_Congress" title="Nepali Congress">Congress</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Palten_Gurung" title="Palten Gurung">Palten Gurung</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1209 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">41.6 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2008 Constituent Assembly election</a>: <a href="/wiki/Palpa_District" title="Palpa District">Palpa</a>-2<sup id="cite_ref-election_gov_47-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-election_gov-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="width: 250px">Party </th> <th style="width: 200px">Candidate </th> <th style="width: 50px">Votes </th> <th style="width: 40px">% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #8B0000; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Unified_Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Maoist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)">Maoist Centre</a> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Lila_Somai" class="mw-redirect" title="Lila Somai">Lila Somai</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">12750 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">33.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #DC241F; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Unified_Marxist-Leninist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)">CPN (UML)</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Som_Prasad_Pandey" title="Som Prasad Pandey">Som Prasad Pandey</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10929 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">29.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: green; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Nepali_Congress" title="Nepali Congress">Congress</a> </td> <td>Rajan Prasad Pant </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10820 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">28.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: DodgerBlue; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Janamukti_Party" title="Rastriya Janamukti Party">Janamukti</a> </td> <td>Top Bahadur Aslami </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1706 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: gold; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party" title="Rastriya Prajatantra Party">RPP</a> </td> <td>Tulsi Prasad Shrestha </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">613 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: tomato; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Janamorcha_Nepal" title="Janamorcha Nepal">Janamorcha</a> </td> <td>Rajesh Shrestha </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">410 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: firebrick; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Janamorcha" title="Rastriya Janamorcha">Janamorcha</a> </td> <td>Bir Bahadur Magar (Munparai) </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">187 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: khaki; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Janshakti_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Rastriya Janshakti Party">Janashakti</a> </td> <td>Trilochan Gautam </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">132 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: orange; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party_Nepal" title="Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal">RPP-Nepal</a> </td> <td>Dhatanand Bhattarai </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">39 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.1 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2008 Constituent Assembly election</a>: <a href="/wiki/Palpa_District" title="Palpa District">Palpa</a>-3<sup id="cite_ref-election_gov_47-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-election_gov-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="width: 250px">Party </th> <th style="width: 200px">Candidate </th> <th style="width: 50px">Votes </th> <th style="width: 40px">% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #DC241F; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Unified_Marxist-Leninist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)">CPN (UML)</a> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Kul_Prasad_Nepal" title="Kul Prasad Nepal">Kul Prasad Nepal</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">12951 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">32.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: green; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Nepali_Congress" title="Nepali Congress">Congress</a> </td> <td>Hari Prasad Nepal </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">12619 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">31.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #8B0000; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Unified_Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Maoist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)">Maoist Centre</a> </td> <td>Netra Prasad Pande </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">12232 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">30.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: gold; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party" title="Rastriya Prajatantra Party">RPP</a> </td> <td>Dul Bahadur Kubar </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">765 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: tomato; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Janamorcha_Nepal" title="Janamorcha Nepal">Janamorcha</a> </td> <td>Yagya Prasad Acharya </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">417 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: DodgerBlue; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Janamukti_Party" title="Rastriya Janamukti Party">Janamukti</a> </td> <td>Bal Kishor Rana </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">384 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: firebrick; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Janamorcha" title="Rastriya Janamorcha">Janamorcha</a> </td> <td>Som Bahadur Karki </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">345 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #ff007f; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Unified)" title="Communist Party of Nepal (Unified)">CPN (Unified)</a> </td> <td>Nabin Thapa </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">172 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: crimson; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(United_Marxist)" title="Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist)">CPN (United Marxist)</a> </td> <td>Um Bahadur Somai </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">142 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: orange; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party_Nepal" title="Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal">RPP-Nepal</a> </td> <td>Kan Bahadur Thapamagar </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">51 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.1 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2008 Constituent Assembly election</a>: <a href="/wiki/Taplejung_District" title="Taplejung District">Taplejung</a>-1<sup id="cite_ref-election_gov_47-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-election_gov-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="width: 250px">Party </th> <th style="width: 200px">Candidate </th> <th style="width: 50px">Votes </th> <th style="width: 40px">% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: green; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Nepali_Congress" title="Nepali Congress">Congress</a> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Surya_Man_Gurung" title="Surya Man Gurung">Surya Man Gurung</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8719 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">29.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #8B0000; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Unified_Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Maoist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)">Maoist Centre</a> </td> <td>Surendra Kumar Karki </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8407 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">28.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #DC241F; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Unified_Marxist-Leninist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)">CPN (UML)</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Til_Kumar_Menyangbo_Limbu" title="Til Kumar Menyangbo Limbu">Til Kumar Menyangbo Limbu</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7960 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">27.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: hotpink; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Sanghiya_Loktantrik_Rastriya_Manch" title="Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch">Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch</a> </td> <td>Kirti Man Maden </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3248 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">11.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: orange; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party_Nepal" title="Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal">RPP-Nepal</a> </td> <td>Amir Maden </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">440 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: gold; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party" title="Rastriya Prajatantra Party">RPP</a> </td> <td>Bodhraj Gurung </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">259 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: DodgerBlue; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Janamukti_Party" title="Rastriya Janamukti Party">Janamukti</a> </td> <td>Padam Bahadur Prakash Engden </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">242 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: khaki; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Janshakti_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Rastriya Janshakti Party">Janashakti</a> </td> <td>Prithvi Narayan Dokhim </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">209 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.7 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2008 Constituent Assembly election</a>: <a href="/wiki/Taplejung_District" title="Taplejung District">Taplejung</a>-2<sup id="cite_ref-election_gov_47-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-election_gov-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="width: 250px">Party </th> <th style="width: 200px">Candidate </th> <th style="width: 50px">Votes </th> <th style="width: 40px">% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #DC241F; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Unified_Marxist-Leninist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)">CPN (UML)</a> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Damber_Dhoj_Tumbahamphe" title="Damber Dhoj Tumbahamphe">Damber Dhoj Tumbahamphe</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8628 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">34.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #8B0000; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Unified_Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Maoist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)">Maoist Centre</a> </td> <td>Tanka Prasad Angbuhang (Limbu) </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7873 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">31.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: green; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Nepali_Congress" title="Nepali Congress">Congress</a> </td> <td>Pratap Prakash Hangam </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5359 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">21.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: gold; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party" title="Rastriya Prajatantra Party">RPP</a> </td> <td>Surya Kumar Maden </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1136 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: hotpink; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Sanghiya_Loktantrik_Rastriya_Manch" title="Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch">Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch</a> </td> <td>Homa Prasad Tumbahamphe </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1055 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: tomato; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Janamorcha_Nepal" title="Janamorcha Nepal">Janamorcha</a> </td> <td>Narayan Prasad Banem (Limbu) </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">374 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: DodgerBlue; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Janamukti_Party" title="Rastriya Janamukti Party">Janamukti</a> </td> <td>Indra Kumar Limbu </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">224 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: khaki; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Janshakti_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Rastriya Janshakti Party">Janashakti</a> </td> <td>Narjang Angbuhang </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">154 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: orange; width: 5px;"> </td> <td style="width: 245px"><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party_Nepal" title="Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal">RPP-Nepal</a> </td> <td>Phipraj Somakhata (Limbu) </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">58 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.2 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Nepalese_Constituent_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_elected_in_the_2008_Nepalese_Constituent_Assembly_election" title="List of members elected in the 2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election">List of members elected in the 2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Nepalese_Constituent_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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system</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Nepalese_Constituent_Assembly_election&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Apr-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Apr_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Apr_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/003200801111721.htm">"Nepal decides to hold crucial election on April 10"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080316035717/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/003200801111721.htm">Archived</a> 16 March 2008 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, Associated Press (<i>The Hindu</i>), 11 January 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Sets-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Sets_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Sets_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7182902.stm">"Nepal sets new date for elections"</a>, BBC News, 11 January 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/001200706242166.htm">"Nepal Constituent Assembly polls on Nov. 22"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070629033216/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/001200706242166.htm">Archived</a> 29 June 2007 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, PTI (<i>The Hindu</i>), 24 June 2007.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://english.people.com.cn/200703/28/eng20070328_361794.html">"17.5 mln voters eligible for Nepali CA polls"</a> <a href="/wiki/Xinhua_News_Agency" title="Xinhua News Agency">Xinhua</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Daily_Online" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Daily Online">People's Daily Online</a></i>), 28 March 2007.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Charles Haviland, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7348049.stm">"Electoral thunderbolt for Nepal"</a>, <a href="/wiki/BBC_News" title="BBC News">BBC News</a>, 15 April 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ekantipur.com/2012/05/28/top-story/ca-dissolved-pm-proposes-fresh-election-for-nov-22/354644.html">CA dissolved; PM proposes fresh election for Nov 22</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150403102035/http://www.ekantipur.com/2012/05/28/top-story/ca-dissolved-pm-proposes-fresh-election-for-nov-22/354644.html">Archived</a> 3 April 2015 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> 28 May 2012</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://english.people.com.cn/200704/09/eng20070409_364837.html">"Nepali ECDC set to recommend to have 241 members in CA through elections"</a> Xinhua (<i>People's Daily Online</i>), 9 April 2007.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://english.people.com.cn/200704/12/eng20070412_365889.html">"Nepal to have 35 additional constituencies"</a>, Xinhua (<i>People's Daily Online</i>), 12 April 2007.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://english.people.com.cn/200706/15/eng20070615_384571.html">"Bill for Nepali constituent assembly poll passed"</a>, Xinhua (<i>People's Daily Online</i>), 15 June 2007.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-delay2-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-delay2_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7029251.stm">"Nepal deadlock delays elections"</a>, BBC News, 5 October 2007.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/000200711050343.htm">"Nepal Parliament votes for declaring a republic"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080316035707/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/000200711050343.htm">Archived</a> 16 March 2008 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, PTI (<i><a href="/wiki/The_Hindu" title="The Hindu">The Hindu</a></i>), 5 November 2007.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Sudeshna Sarkar, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.indianmuslims.info/news/2007/dec/15/nepal_government_buys_time_april_poll_promise.html">"Nepal government buys time with April poll promise"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080516101952/http://www.indianmuslims.info/news/2007/dec/15/nepal_government_buys_time_april_poll_promise.html">Archived</a> 16 May 2008 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, Indianmuslims.info, 15 December 2007.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/6321560.html">"Nepali leaders agree to hold CA election by mid-April 2008"</a>, Xinhua (<i>People's Daily Online</i>), 16 December 2007.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Ameet Dhakal, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071218194535/http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/16/stories/2007121656341200.htm">"Nepal to become republic"</a>, <i>The Hindu</i>, 16 December 2007.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Nepal_votes_to_abolish_monarchy-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Nepal_votes_to_abolish_monarchy_15-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Nepal_votes_to_abolish_monarchy_15-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free 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href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7424302.stm">"Nepal votes to abolish monarchy"</a>. <i>BBC News</i>. 28 May 2008.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=BBC+News&rft.atitle=Nepal+votes+to+abolish+monarchy&rft.date=2008-05-28&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2F2%2Fhi%2Fsouth_asia%2F7424302.stm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2008+Nepalese+Constituent+Assembly+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080317090631/http://www.mediaforfreedom.com/ReadArticle.asp?ArticleID=8529">"Media For Freedom - news, articles and views e-magazine"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mediaforfreedom.com/ReadArticle.asp?ArticleID=8529">the original</a> on 17 March 2008<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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