2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election

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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) Congress 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 Congress Prime Minister after election Pushpa Kamal Dahal CPN (Maoist)

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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]