Prachanda was elected with more than 20,000 votes, double the number his nearest contestant from Nepali Congress got.

He is also in leading in a constituency in the remote Rolpa district in the cradle of the Maoist insurgency with more than 6,000 votes respectedly.

His closest competitor almost there has got just 1,000 votes so far.

With Prachanda's victory, the Maoists are leading the election tally now with 13 candidates elected so far, ~ followed by Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala's Nepali Congress from which four candidates have won......