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Oddly enough, Maoists are referred to as ultra-republican.
Nepal's Maoists have widened their shock lead in historic polls on the Himalayan nation's political future, election officials said Monday as the count passed the one-third mark.
The former rebels said the results had placed the impoverished country on track for sweeping change, expected to include the sacking of unpopular King Gyanendra and the abolition of a 240-year-old monarchy.
Of the 601 seats in a new assembly that will rewrite Nepal's constitution, 212 have been decided or were close to being allocated -- with the ultra-republican Maoists taking 101 seats and leading in 11 others.
"We were partially surprised by the result. We knew we had a good support from the people, but we had not imagined the victory on this scale," said senior Maoist member Chandra Prakash Gajurel.
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