"Tell me why did he first go to the jungle in the first place? Hitler never had the popular votes to become Chancellor of Germany, and the only reason he got the job was because the German leaders entered into a series of back-room deals. Does that sound familiar now in Nepal?" True. But we can't disregard the support from majority of bigot germans in cleansing the earth from impure genes? "In 2002, Saddam got elected with 100% of the eligible votes, but how?" Of sourse a one-man-race.However we should not forget that he is a Shia muslim? Iraqi people loved to have everyone in Iraq armed. Back to our country; With all bafadar Army, King couldn't rule the country in his way. Majority rules is the general political principle. Unfortunate to us I can see Maoist ruling the country but not for long. What's the dream or objective they would afloat to bind the people in their support? Autocratic comunism? Nobody ( at least all the people I know) will fall for that. In stead of turning them to terrorist gang for ever and keep losing our people in crossfire, it may not be a bad idea to let them give a shot and realize that their outdated ideology is disfunct. As long as majority is for liberal democracy, I don't worry about the transitional governments. Maoist should change the color to be stable ruling force. If they do, I can accept Dr Baburam Bhattarai ) from CPN( Democratic Maoist) to rule the country as prime minister( president or whatever they will call