Nepal polls: Left alliance secures two-third majority in parliament

ANI  |  Kathmandu [Nepal] 

The Left Alliance of - the of - Unified Marxist Leninist (CPM-UML) and the Centre - have secured two-third majority in the

With the vote counting for one seat left by 11 pm (local time) on Tuesday, the data from the Commission of showed 80 seats for the UML followed by ally Centre with victory over 36 seats.

The UML also has maintained its lead in the remaining vote count for the seat. The difference between the UML and the Nepali is said to be about 90 thousand votes.

The Nepali has been confined to 22 seats in the prompting the president of the party, Sher Bahadur Deuba, to step down as the acting prime minister.

The Rastriya Janata Party has garnered 11 seats in the

"Though the vote count under the FPTP system has given left alliance a clear two-third majority, it will be quashed down by the PR system of vote count. As of now the Nepali will shorten its distance to be the second largest party in the with the seats which it will gain from the PR system if we go on party basis as the merger between the UML is MC is yet to take," Ashok Poudel, a local journalist covering the - 2017 told ANI.

"In case the merger between UML and Centre fails, the Nepali will gain the status of second party in the on the basis of the seats gained," Poudel added.

The merger of the parties is yet is to be completed.

As per the predictions made by the politics pandits of Kathmandu, the UML is expected to get seats ranging between 120-125, Nepali between 60-65 and the Centre between 50-55.

With the vote counting and the results of the House of Representatives and the Provincial Council underway in Nepal, the new government is expected to be formed by mid of January.

By Binod Prasad Adhikari.

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First Published: Wed, December 13 2017. 01:59 IST