Counting of votes for historic Nepal polls concludes

Counting of votes for 110 seats of house of representative and 220 ofstate assemblies under proportional representation has concluded inNepal. The left alliance of CPN (UML) and CPN (Maoist Center) has got maximumvotes. As per preliminary figures, CPN (UML) has got more than 3.17mnvotes.After worst ever defeat in direct election the ruling Nepali Congress has performed well in proportional representation.It is marginally behind from CPN (UML) and got more than 3.12mn popularvotes. CPN (Maoist Center) is on third place with little over 1.3mnvotes. The two major parties of Madhes – Rashtriya Janata Party Nepal (RJPN)and Sanghiya Samjawadi Forum Nepal (SSFN) – have also done well.RJPN is on fourth position with 472,000 votes followed by SSFN with 470,000 votes. Other parties have got 996,000 popular votes.The proportional representation seats will be allotted among differentparties on the basis of their vote share after compilation of finalfigures.The leftist alliance has won two-thirds seats in direct election for 165seats of house of Representative and 330 of state assemblies in sevenprovinces. The historic election for 275 seats of lower house of parliament and 550seats of provincial assembly were held in two phases on November 26 andDecember 7.