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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Gopal Sharma

Nepal's ruling party seen emerging as the single largest in elections

FILE PHOTO: An official from the election commission breaks the seal of a ballot box before counting the votes, a day after the completion of polling, in Kathmandu, Nepal November 21, 2022. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

Election results showed the ruling Nepali Congress party was leading on Wednesday and could emerge as the single largest group, said analysts who expect a hung parliament to give new political parties a decisive role in forming the government.

About 61% of roughly 18 million Nepalis voted in Sunday's elections for the 275 members of the Himalayan nation's parliament, where 165 seats will be decided on a first-past-the-post basis and the rest by proportional representation.

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