2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election information
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2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election
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575 of the 601 seats in the Constituent Assembly 301 seats needed for a majority
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Pushpa Kamal Dahal
Girija Prasad Koirala
Madhav Kumar Nepal
Party
CPN (Maoist)
NC
CPN (UML)
Seats won
220
110
103
Popular vote
3,144,204
2,269,883
2,183,370
Percentage
29.28%
21.14%
20.33%
Fourth party
Fifth party
Leader
Upendra Yadav
Mahantha Thakur
Party
MJF-N
TMLP
Seats won
52
20
Popular vote
678,327
338,930
Percentage
6.32%
3.16%
Prime Minister before election
Girija Prasad Koirala
NC
Prime Minister-designate
Pushpa Kamal Dahal
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Speaker: Dev Raj Ghimire
Deputy Speaker: Indira Ranamagar
House Leader: Pushpa Kamal Dahal
Opposition Leader: vacant
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Opposition Leader: vacant
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Constituent Assembly elections were held in Nepal on 10 April 2008,[1][2] having been postponed from earlier dates of 7 June 2007[citation needed] and 22 November 2007.[3] The Constituent Assembly was planned to draft a new constitution and therefore decide, amongst other things, on the issue of federalism. The number of eligible voters was around 17.5 million.[4] The Constituent Assembly was originally set to have a term of two years.[5]
The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (CPN (M)), placed first in the election with 220 out of 575 elected seats, and became the largest party in the Constituent Assembly. It was followed by the Nepali Congress with 110 seats and the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) with 103 seats. After months of power-sharing discussions and deliberations, CPN (M) Chairman Prachanda was elected as Prime Minister in August 2008. Due to its failure in drafting a new constitution, the CA was dissolved on 28 May 2012 after its original and extended total tenure of 4 years.[6]
^"Nepal decides to hold crucial election on April 10" Archived 16 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Associated Press (The Hindu), 11 January 2008.
^"Nepal sets new date for elections", BBC News, 11 January 2008.
^"Nepal Constituent Assembly polls on Nov. 22" Archived 29 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine, PTI (The Hindu), 24 June 2007.
^"17.5 mln voters eligible for Nepali CA polls" Xinhua (People's Daily Online), 28 March 2007.
^Charles Haviland, "Electoral thunderbolt for Nepal", BBC News, 15 April 2008.
^CA dissolved; PM proposes fresh election for Nov 22 Archived 3 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine 28 May 2012
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