<div><span>Nepal's Maoist supremo Prachanda today suffered a double blow as he and his daughter were handed down humiliating defeats in the Constituent Assembly elections.<br /><br /></span><div>Nepali Congress' candidate Rajan K C beat Unified CPN-Maoist chief, securing 20,392 votes and restricting Prachanda to 12,859 in his Kathmandu Constituency 10. Third candidate in contention CPN-UML's Surendra Manandhar also secured more votes than Prachanda (13,619 votes).<br /><br /></div><div>Prachanda had won from the same constituency in 2008 with a big margin. Rajan was his nearest rival then.<br /><br /></div><div>Prachanda is also candidate from Siraha Constituency 5, where he was leading the vote count.</div><div>In Kathmandu constituency No 1, Nepali Congress general secretary Prakash Man Singh won the election by defeating his nearest rival Renu Dahal, daughter of Prachanda, with a huge margin.<br /><br /></div><div>Nepali Congress so far has secured six seats while CPN-UML has bagged five seats in the Constituent Assembly polls.<br /><br /></div><div>Pranchanda's party earlier demanded a suspension of the vote count, alleging conspiracy after initial results showed the party was trailing at the third position in the elections.<br /><br /></div><div>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.<br /><br /></div><div>"The elections were conducted in a free, fair and fearless manner, so the results must be accepted by all."<br /><br /></div><div>He also asked the political parties to honour the peoples' verdict expressed through secret voting procedures.<br /><br /></div><div>The counting will lead to the formation of a 601-member assembly to draft a new Constitution, including 240 elected under a direct voting system.<br /><br /></div><div>There was proportionate voting for 335 seats and the remaining 26 members will be nominated by the government.<br /><br /></div><div>In the previous Constituent Assembly elections in 2008, UCPN-M had emerged as the largest party with Nepali Congress and CPN–UML in second and third place respectively.</div></div>
<div><span>Nepal's Maoist supremo Prachanda today suffered a double blow as he and his daughter were handed down humiliating defeats in the Constituent Assembly elections.<br /><br /></span><div>Nepali Congress' candidate Rajan K C beat Unified CPN-Maoist chief, securing 20,392 votes and restricting Prachanda to 12,859 in his Kathmandu Constituency 10. Third candidate in contention CPN-UML's Surendra Manandhar also secured more votes than Prachanda (13,619 votes).<br /><br /></div><div>Prachanda had won from the same constituency in 2008 with a big margin. Rajan was his nearest rival then.<br /><br /></div><div>Prachanda is also candidate from Siraha Constituency 5, where he was leading the vote count.</div><div>In Kathmandu constituency No 1, Nepali Congress general secretary Prakash Man Singh won the election by defeating his nearest rival Renu Dahal, daughter of Prachanda, with a huge margin.<br /><br /></div><div>Nepali Congress so far has secured six seats while CPN-UML has bagged five seats in the Constituent Assembly polls.<br /><br /></div><div>Pranchanda's party earlier demanded a suspension of the vote count, alleging conspiracy after initial results showed the party was trailing at the third position in the elections.<br /><br /></div><div>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.<br /><br /></div><div>"The elections were conducted in a free, fair and fearless manner, so the results must be accepted by all."<br /><br /></div><div>He also asked the political parties to honour the peoples' verdict expressed through secret voting procedures.<br /><br /></div><div>The counting will lead to the formation of a 601-member assembly to draft a new Constitution, including 240 elected under a direct voting system.<br /><br /></div><div>There was proportionate voting for 335 seats and the remaining 26 members will be nominated by the government.<br /><br /></div><div>In the previous Constituent Assembly elections in 2008, UCPN-M had emerged as the largest party with Nepali Congress and CPN–UML in second and third place respectively.</div></div>