PR counting over, Maoists to bag around 100 seats

The counting of votes under the Proportional Representation (PR) system has been completed.

The Maoists lead the tally with 31,44,202 votes out of the total 1,07,39,088 votes cast. This is equal to 29.27 percent of vote share.

Nepali Congress (NC) and the Unified Marxist Leninist (UML) are in second and third positions, respectively, bagging 22,69,863 (21 percent) and 21,83,370 votes (20.33 percent).

The Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (MJF) and Terai Madhes Loktantrik Party (TMLP) are in fourth and fifth positions, respectively, pocketing 678,327 (6.31 percent) and 338,930 votes (3.15 percent).

Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) is in sixth position with 2 63,431 votes.

The Election Commission (EC) has said that it would apply Modified Saint Logue system to calculate exact number of seats won by these parties based on votes they have garnered.

However, rough estimates suggest that the Maoists could be pocketing around 100 seats while NC and UML will bag in the region of 60 to 70 seats each. The MJF could have nearly two dozen seats. There are 335 seats on offer under PR category and roughly around 30,000 votes will account for one seat. nepalnews.com sd Apr 24 08

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