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KATHMANDU, Dec 7 – The ruling Nepali Congress party has emerged as Nepal’s single largest party after winning 89 seats in the 275-member parliament in a general election last month, and its leader, Sher Bahadur Deuba, looks set to stay on as prime minister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A five-party alliance led by the Nepali Congress, which has been in power since July last year, won 136 seats, just two short for the 138 required for a majority, a tally of results from the Election Commission showed on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Party officials said leaders of the five-party alliance had sought the support of some new legislators and parties to reach the necessary majority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Prakaksh Sharan Mahat, a spokesman for the Nepali Congress, said C.K. Raut, head of the newly formed Janamat Party, which won six seats, had met Deuba and pledged support for a new government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Raut was not immediately available for comments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I have no doubt he will be the prime minister of the new government,” Mahat said, referring to Deuba.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Deuba, 76, who is considered close to India, is in a better position to muster support for a majority, analysts said. The alliance led by his main rival, K.P. Sharma Oli of the Nepal Communist Unified Marxist Leninist Party (UML), won 92 seats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Asian giants China and India jostle for influence in the Himalayan nation wedged between them. The Nepali Congress is seen as pro-India while the UML is considered closer to China.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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