kathmandu nepalis begin vote final round parliamentary elections thursday key step complete near decade-long democratic transition abolition centuries-old monarchy end civil war maoist guerrillas first phase election hold nov. 26 final result expect another 10 days cumbersome vote-counting procedure officials say officials say 200,000 soldier police deploy maintain security poll center one person kill dozens wound series small blast run-up poll hundreds activists include splinter group maoists oppose election detain create trouble army spokesman nain raj dahal say 15 million people eligible vote 275-member parliament 165 first-past-the-post 110 proportional basis round voters also choose representatives seven state assemblies first time since nepal become federal democracy first republican constitution 2015. country achieve political stability election ... move ahead solidly path economic social prosperity president bidhya devi bhandari say statement nepal see 10 government change many years instability give rise corruption retard growth slow recovery 2015 earthquake kill 9,000 people vote hop stable government concentrate development create job children go abroad work binita karki 57 say cast ballot kathmandu suburb arm soldier stand nearby son work construction site qatar election pit centrist nepali congress party prime minister sher bahadur deuba head loose alliance include madhesi party nepal southern plain former royalists tight-knit alliance former maoists moderate communist uml party nepali congress party consider pro-india group opposition alliance see close china nepal natural buff two outcome could indicate whether china india get upper hand battle influence nation rich hydropower home mount everest nepal emerge civil war 2006 abolish 239-year-old hindu monarchy two years late nepal vote final round poll end long democratic transition