kathmandu nepalis vote sunday choose new parliament seven state assemblies hop end years fickle coalitions complete tumultuous transition decade end civil war two-phase election also expect determine path country take balance tie china india push hard expand influence buff state prime minister sher bahadur deuba centrist nepali congress party face tight battle leave alliance main group maoist former rebel opposition communist uml party 15.4 million eligible voters task pick 275-member parliament 165 first-past-the-post 110 proportional representation first new constitution agree years wrangle simultaneously voters choose representatives seven provincial assemblies first time nepal turn federal republic abolish monarchy 2008. elections firmly put country path stability prosperity deuba country tenth prime minister many years tell reuters count vote begin second round poll dec complete result may know middle december cumbersome count procedures political analysts say leave alliance likely open country chinese investments come power election already uml say would hand back country big hydro-electric project china deuba-government see pro-india cancel deal cite lapse contract government revoke decision election uml general secretary ishwar pokharel say add nothing wrong 2.5 billion deal china gezhouba group corporation build 1,200 megawatt plant soon cancellation deal chairman indian state-run power company nhpc ltd say could bid project underline delhi attempt claw back grind country long consider backyard performance two large communist party elections could determine course chinese investment infrastructure project nepal say guna raj luintel editor nagarik daily march nepal receive letter intent worth 8.4 billion chinese investors compare 300 million receive indian delegate investment summit officials say deuba nepali congress strike loose-knit alliance ethnic madhesi minority group live southern plain long complain sideline kathmandu-based main political party madhesis account one third nepal 28 million people deuba promise amend constitution address grievances alliance election aid tourism dependent nepal recover devastate earthquake kill 9,000 people 2015 among world poor economy saw zero growth last year due instability earthquake expect expand 6.9 percent year improve power supply agricultural production officials say nepal elect new parliament years instability