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Nepal was under monarchy for several years and Kings used to rule in Nepal.But 2008 elections brought the monarchy to an end. For this to happen they conducted elections to form democratic government. The elections for forming a constituent assembly in Nepal were postponed twice and at last they were successfully held on 10th April, 2008.

After the elections the results were announced on May 8th 2008. The highest number of seats were won by the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoists). The members elected for constituent assembly were sworn in on 27th May, 2008 and the first constituent assembly was conducted on 28th May. In the first meeting of the constituent assembly, Nepal was declared as a Federal Democratic Republic country. With a count of 564 members in the assembly, 560 supported the proposal while only four members rejected it.

The national flag of Nepal was hosted on Narayanahiti palace on 29th May by removing the royal standard. The former king Gyanendra announced that he accepted the constitution on 2nd June. As Gyanendra was asked to leave the Narayanahiti palace , he requested the government to make some sort of arrangement for his residence and he was accepted to stay in Nagarjuna palace. Gyanendra left the Narayanahiti Palace on 11th June after declaring his acceptance and co-operation for the government. The first president Dr. Ram Baran Yadav from Nepali congress was elected on 21st July with a majority of 308 from a total of 590 votes. Later Subash Chandra Nembang of CPN-UML was elected unopposed as the Chairman of Constituent Assembly. The Chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda was elected as the first Prime Minister of Nepal with an enormous majority of 464 votes.

As per the statistics given by various organizations worldwide for the 56th Presidential elections of USA which were to be held on Nov 4th 2008 between Barack Obama(democrat) and John McCain (Republican), Obama received 62% votes on an average of different surveys.

The reasons for this public opinion is as follows:
The Americans were waiting for a change in order to face the financial, political crisis, and also the problem of terrorism. Barack Obama was entirely opposing George Bush in his policies and also he presented himself as a person with global outlook and as a leader for change.

Obama also opposed dropping of nuclear bombs on terrorists, his idea was to remove nuclear weapons from the hands of terrorists. For this he also announced to withdraw armies from Iraq from the day he took the power in his hands. He also put forth his policies to end terrorism in front of the people.

His foreign policies on not only Iraq but also on all the countries like Afghanistan, Pakistan, China, India, Europe, Africa etc attracted the Americans to vote for Obama. Besides this John McCain supported George bush and his foreign policies. His foreign policies were also not so realistic. This made people think twice before voting to him.