Identifier
Created
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08KATHMANDU452
2008-04-22 08:37:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Kathmandu
Cable title:
NEPAL'S CA ELECTION: COUNTING COMPLETE FOR
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UNCLAS KATHMANDU 000452
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PTER KDEM NP
SUBJECT: NEPAL'S CA ELECTION: COUNTING COMPLETE FOR
INDIVIDUAL CONTESTS
REF: KATHMANDU 438
First-Past-the-Post: Counting Complete
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UNCLAS KATHMANDU 000452
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PTER KDEM NP
SUBJECT: NEPAL'S CA ELECTION: COUNTING COMPLETE FOR
INDIVIDUAL CONTESTS
REF: KATHMANDU 438
First-Past-the-Post: Counting Complete
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1. The Election Commission has announced the results for all
240 first-past-the-post (FPTP) contests from the April 10
Constituent Assembly (CA) election. None of the so-called
"royalist" parties has won an individual contest. Five
constituencies in which the winning candidate also won in
another constituency will hold by-elections, dates to be
determined.
Communist Party of Nepal - Maoist - 120 seats (including 2
double wins); 50 percent of FPTP total
Nepali Congress (NC) - 37 seats (including 1 double win);
15.4 percent
Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML) - 33
seats; 13.8 percent
Madhesi People's Rights Forum (MPRF) - 30 seats (including 2
double wins); 12.5 percent
Other Madhesi parties - 13 seats; 5.4 percent
Minor left parties - 5 seats; 2.1 percent
Independents - 2 seats, 0.8 percent
PR Votes Continue To Track with Projections
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2. The counting of proportional representation (PR) ballots
is approximately 95 percent complete. Results continue to be
consistent with previous projections.
Maoists - 30.2 percent
NC - 21.4 percent
UML - 20.6 percent
MPRF - 5.8 percent
Other Madhesi parties - 4.8 percent
"Royalist" parties - 4.5 percent
Other (including minor left parties) - 12.7 percent
Projection of Total CA Seats
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3. Current results suggest the following distribution of the
575 elected seats in the CA:
Maoist - 120 FPTP 101 PR = 221 seats total (38.4 percent)
NC - 37 FPTP 72 PR = 109 seats total (19 percent)
UML - 33 FPTP 69 PR = 102 seats total (17.7 percent)
MPRF - 30 FPTP 20 PR = 50 seats total (8.7 percent)
Other Madhesi parties - 13 FPTP 16 PR = 29 seats total (5
percent)
Other - 7 FPTP 57 PR = 64 seats total (11.1 percent)
POWELL
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PTER KDEM NP
SUBJECT: NEPAL'S CA ELECTION: COUNTING COMPLETE FOR
INDIVIDUAL CONTESTS
REF: KATHMANDU 438
First-Past-the-Post: Counting Complete
--------------
1. The Election Commission has announced the results for all
240 first-past-the-post (FPTP) contests from the April 10
Constituent Assembly (CA) election. None of the so-called
"royalist" parties has won an individual contest. Five
constituencies in which the winning candidate also won in
another constituency will hold by-elections, dates to be
determined.
Communist Party of Nepal - Maoist - 120 seats (including 2
double wins); 50 percent of FPTP total
Nepali Congress (NC) - 37 seats (including 1 double win);
15.4 percent
Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML) - 33
seats; 13.8 percent
Madhesi People's Rights Forum (MPRF) - 30 seats (including 2
double wins); 12.5 percent
Other Madhesi parties - 13 seats; 5.4 percent
Minor left parties - 5 seats; 2.1 percent
Independents - 2 seats, 0.8 percent
PR Votes Continue To Track with Projections
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2. The counting of proportional representation (PR) ballots
is approximately 95 percent complete. Results continue to be
consistent with previous projections.
Maoists - 30.2 percent
NC - 21.4 percent
UML - 20.6 percent
MPRF - 5.8 percent
Other Madhesi parties - 4.8 percent
"Royalist" parties - 4.5 percent
Other (including minor left parties) - 12.7 percent
Projection of Total CA Seats
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3. Current results suggest the following distribution of the
575 elected seats in the CA:
Maoist - 120 FPTP 101 PR = 221 seats total (38.4 percent)
NC - 37 FPTP 72 PR = 109 seats total (19 percent)
UML - 33 FPTP 69 PR = 102 seats total (17.7 percent)
MPRF - 30 FPTP 20 PR = 50 seats total (8.7 percent)
Other Madhesi parties - 13 FPTP 16 PR = 29 seats total (5
percent)
Other - 7 FPTP 57 PR = 64 seats total (11.1 percent)
POWELL