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The latest results of the CA election, according to the Nepali Election Commission:

The CPN(M) have won 117 of the 212 constituencies in which the vote counting has completed till today. Nepali Congress (NC) is a distant second with 33 seats followed by CPN-UML at 29 seats. The Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (MJF) has won 22 seats while Terai Madhes Loktantrik Party (TMLP) bagged 7 seats. Nepal Sadbhavana Party (NSP) led by Rajendra Mahato and Nepal Workers and Peasants Party (NWPP) have won 2 seats each.
Of the total 240 constituencies in the First-Past-The-Post system, CPN(M) are very close to garnering simple majority.

Now the Nepali and especial the int'l bourgeois media is asking for the reason of CPN(M) possible victory. And AFP got the answer: "In Rolpa in west Nepal, a Maoist bastion during the revolt that ended in 2006, former rebels have told villagers they can see who they're voting for through binocular cameras in the sky. The illiterate and naive villagers tend to believe it." (That's not a joke, it's just a part of a "report" by AFP!!^^)

And of course not everyone in the Nepalese ruling class can accept the current reality, according to The Himalayan Times:

Tanahun NC Cadre Commits Suicide After Party's Defeat

Nepali Congress (NC) Devghat VDC Committee Secretary Laxminath Pokharel, 54, on Sunday night committed suicide after not being able to accept the result of Constituent Assembly (CA) elections. Pokharel committed suicide by hanging himself in front of his home, said Police Inspector of Tanahun's Abukhairini Area Police Post, Som Thapa.
He reportedly killed himself for being unable to accept the nationwide defeat of NC in the CA elections. He had been active in NC for the last 37 years.

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