Prachanda suffers humiliating defeat in constituent assembly elections
Kathmandu: Nepal's Unified CPN-Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal, better known as Prachanda, today suffered a humiliating defeat at the hands of Nepali Congress candidate Rajan K C in the Constituent Assembly elections. Rajan received 20,392
Kathmandu: Nepal's Unified CPN-Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal, better known as Prachanda, today suffered a humiliating defeat at the hands of Nepali Congress candidate Rajan K C in the Constituent Assembly elections.
Rajan received 20,392 votes and restricted Prachanda to 12,852 in his Kathmandu Constituency 10.
Third candidate CPN-UML's Surendra Manandhar received 13,615 votes. Prachanda had won from the same constituency in 2008 with big margin. Rajan was his nearest rival then.
Prachanda is also candidate from Siraha Constituency 5 also, where he is leading the vote count so far.
His party earlier demanded a suspension of the vote counting, alleging conspiracy after initial results showed the party trailing at third position in the elections.
Meanwhile, Chief Election Commissioner Neel Kantha Uprety told a press conference today that the counting was being carried out in “a transparent manner” and would continue.
Rajan received 20,392 votes and restricted Prachanda to 12,852 in his Kathmandu Constituency 10.
Third candidate CPN-UML's Surendra Manandhar received 13,615 votes. Prachanda had won from the same constituency in 2008 with big margin. Rajan was his nearest rival then.
Prachanda is also candidate from Siraha Constituency 5 also, where he is leading the vote count so far.
His party earlier demanded a suspension of the vote counting, alleging conspiracy after initial results showed the party trailing at third position in the elections.
Meanwhile, Chief Election Commissioner Neel Kantha Uprety told a press conference today that the counting was being carried out in “a transparent manner” and would continue.