NEPAL'S CA ELECTION: FINAL RESULTS

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 KATHMANDU 000468 SIPDIS SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PGOV PTER KDEM NP SUBJECT: NEPAL'S CA ELECTION: FINAL RESULTS Final Results Announced -------------- ¶1. The Election Commission of Nepal (EC) has released the final results from the April 10 Constituent Assembly (CA) election. On the afternoon of April 25, the EC informed 25 parties how many proportional representation seats each is entitled to fill in the Assembly. The parties have seven days to submit their lists. Constituent Assembly -------------- ¶2. The following 25 parties will sit in the 601-member CA: Communist Party of Nepal - Maoist: 218 seats Nepali Congress (NC): 109 Communist Party of Nepal (UML): 103 Madhesi People's Rights Forum (MPRF): 50 Terai Madhes Democratic Party (TMDP): 20 Sadbhavana Party (SP): 9 Rastriya Prajantantra Party (RPP): 8 Communist Party of Nepal (ML): 8 Janamorcha Nepal: 7 Communist Party of Nepal (United): 5 Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal: 4 Rastriya Janamorcha: 4 Nepal Workers and Peasants Party: 4 Rastriya Janashakti Party: 3 Federal Democratic National Forum: 2 Nepal Sadbhavana Party (Anandi Devi): 2 Rastriya Janamukti Party: 2 Nepali Janata Dal: 2 Communist Party of Nepal (Unified): 2 Dalit Janajati Party: 1 Nepa Rastriya Party: 1 Samajwadi Prajatantrik Janata Party Nepal: 1 Chure Bhawar Rastriya Ekata Party Nepal: 1 Nepal Lokatantrik Samajbadi Dal: 1 Nepal Pariwar Dal: 1 Independents: 2 In addition, the cabinet will appoint 26 members. By-elections will determine the remaining five. Proportional Representation Results -------------- ¶3. The final results for the CA's 335 proportional representation seats follow. Twenty-five parties won at KATHMANDU 00000468 002 OF 003 least one seat. Seven parties each received more than 2 percent of the vote. Maoists: 29.3 percent; 100 seats NC: 21.1 percent; 73 seats UML: 20.3 percent; 70 seats MPRF: 6.3 percent; 22 seats TMDP: 3.2 percent; 11 seats RPP: 2.5 percent; 8 seats Communist Party of Nepal (ML): 2.3 percent; 8 seats SP: 5 seats Janamorcha Nepal: 5 seats Communist Party of Nepal (United): 5 seats Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal: 4 seats Rastriya Janamorcha: 3 seats Rastriya Janashakti Party: 3 seats Nepal Workers and Peasants Party: 2 seats Federal Democratic National Forum: 2 seats Nepal Sadbhavana Party (Anandi Devi): 2 seats Rastriya Janamukti Party: 2 seats Nepali Janata Dal: 2 seats Communist Party of Nepal (Unified): 2 seats Dalit Janajati Party: 1 seat Nepa Rastriya Party: 1 seat Samajwadi Prajatantrik Janata Party Nepal: 1 seat Chure Bhawar Rastriya Ekata Party Nepal: 1 seat Nepal Lokatantrik Samajbadi Dal: 1 seat Nepal Pariwar Dal: 1 seat First-Past-the-Post Results -------------- ¶4. The final results for the CA's 240 first-past-the-post seats follow. Nine parties won at least one seat. Two independents also were elected. By-elections will be held in five of the 240 constituencies because the same candidate won in two places. The date of the by-elections has yet to be determined. (Note: When a candidate has won in two of the 240 first-past-the-post races, a seat has been subtracted from the total because the winner is under obligation to resign one of the seats within 30 days. This affects two Maoists -- Pushpa Dahal, aka Prachanda, and Local Development Minister Dev Gurung; one NC candidate -- former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba; and two MPRF candidates -- MPRF head Upendra Yadav and former NC stalwart Bijay Gachchhadar. End note.) Maoists: 118 NC: 36 UML: 33 KATHMANDU 00000468 003 OF 003 MPRF: 28 TMDP: 9 SP: 4 Janamorcha Nepal: 2 Nepal Workers and Peasants Party: 2 Rastriya Janamorcha: 1 Independents: 2 Constituencies for by-election: 5 POWELL