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Nepal elections : Maoists fail to get absolute majority in Constituent Assembly

	April 28, 2008

Despite its resounding victory under the first-past-the-post (FPTP) system, the Communist Party of Nepal[Maoist] has failed to achieve an absolute majority in the 601-member Constituent Assembly elections to which were held on April 10. As the vote counts under both the first-past-the-post and proportional representation (PR) systems are almost over, the Maoists have become just the largest party in the Assembly. Under the direct election, the Maoists have won sourced 120 seats out o ...