By Our Reporter Nepali Congress has emerged as the largest party in the 275-member of House of Representatives by winning 57 of 165 seats under the first-past-the-post electoral system. It is likely to win 32 seats of 110 under the proportional representation (PR) category and will have 89 members in total. Likewise, it has also become the largest party in Provincial Assemblies winning 111 of 330 seats under the FPTP category. Likewise, the CPN-UML has become the second-largest party by winning 44 seats under the FPTP category, and it may win 34 in the PR category and will have 78 in total. Likewise, it also became the second-largest party in the provincial assemblies. However, UML garnered the highest number of PR votes both in the House of Representatives and Provincial Assemblies. Similarly, the CPN (Maoist Centre) has won 32 seats in total with 18 under the FPTP category and 14 under PR. Likewise, the newly formed Rastriya Swatantra Party emerged as the fourth largest party by winning 20 seats in total with seven under the FPTP category and 13 under PR. The Rastriya Prajatantra Party emerged as the fifth-largest party with 14 seats in total, winning seven each under the FPTP and PR categories. Janata Samajwadi Party Nepal ranked fifth with 12 seats—seven under FPTP and five under PR categories. CPN (Unified Socialist) emerged as the sixth largest party with 10 members, all elected under the FPTP category. But it failed to become the national party as it could not garner 3 per cent of total valid votes under PR. Janamat Party of CK Raut, however, succeeded to become a national party by winning one seat under FPTP and five under PR. Loktantrik Samajwadi Party of Mahantha Thakur and Nagarik Unmukti Party of Resham Chaudhary also failed to cross the threshold of 3% and failed to become national parties. LSP have four members and NUP three while Rastriya Janamorcha and Majdoor Kisan Party have one member each in the HoR. However, some of the key leaders of both the NC and UML, the two major parties, suffered defeat and could not make it to the parliament this time. Home Minister Bal Krishna Khand and NC leader Krishna Prasad Sitaula lost the elections while UML senior vice chairman Ishwar Pokharel, general secretary Shankar Pokharel leaders Pradeep Gyawali and Lekhraj Bhatta also lost the elections. Chairman of JSP-N Upendra Yadav also lost the elections. Leaders of ruling alliance begin discussions to form government Although the ruling five parties have failed to win a clear majority to form the government in the centre, the ruling leaders have started holding discussions to form the government and share power among them. The ruling alliance has won only 136 seats while they need 138 seats to form the government. The ruling leaders are wooing Janamat Party and Nagarik Unmukti Party to muster a majority. However, if Prabhu Shah who won elections with the backing of the ruling alliance and NC’s rebel candidate Amarendra Singh elected from Sarlahi support the ruling alliance, they can have 138 seats, because Prabhu Shah's group has won two seats as independent candidates. However, the ruling parties seem to have been divided as to who will lead the government formed by the alliance as Pushpa Kamal Dahal of CPN (Maoist) has been bargaining for the post of the Prime Minister while NC’s Sher Bahadur Deuba wants to continue his leadership in government. Ram Chandra Paudel has also been trying to become the PM. Moreover, Gagan Kumar Thapa within NC has challenged Deuba’s leadership announcing that he would contest the election of parliamentary party leader. If Thapa defeats Deuba in the parliamentary party leader election, Deuba will not become PM even if Dahal and other leaders in the ruling coalition want Deuba to lead the new government. This is why the ruling parties have said that they have not decided anything about new leadership citing that the final results of the elections were yet to come. Now that the final results will be available soon, the leaders need to name their new PM soon. And most probably, Deuba will become the PM for the sixth time although the people gave a clear mandate against his leadership. Likewise, they divide the posts of the President, Speaker and Chief Ministers among them. However, UML is still trying to break the alliance by stating that it will support the NC-led government for five years. However, Deuba and other NC leaders are not likely to believe the offer. Obviously, the five parties will resort to the politics of “Bhagbhnada” for days and form the government by sharing power, and the politics of Bhagbhanda’ will continue for at least five years.