KATHMANDU, May 26 (AFP) - The centrist Nepali Congress party won a 42 seat majority over its main communist rival in Nepal's general election, officials announced Wednesday after counting finished. The Election Commission announced the results for 201 seats in the 205 member lower house. Congress took 110 seats and the main opposition Nepal Communist Party-United Marxist and Leninist (NCP-UML) 68 seats. The polls for the remaining four seats, postponed for various reasons, will be held next month, the commission said. The Congress win has raised hopes for government stability in a country which has seen six governments since 1994. The Nepalese people are looking for a government to tackle the faltering economy, control inflation and improve law and order. NC lawmakers and the party's central working committee are to meet Thursday to choose their parliamentary party leader who eventually will become the next premier. Caretaker Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala agreed before the election that rival Congress leader Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, a 75-year-old former party president, should the next prime minister. Koirala, who has twice been prime minister, said: "Mr Bhattarai should be given the chance to lead the country." Congress leaders are expected to meet King Birendra on Thursday evening to claim the right to form the new government. The final results placed the right wing National Democracy Party (NDP) in third place with 11 seats while the extreme-left National People's Front and the pro-India Nepal Sadbhavana Party each got five seats. A seat each went to the Nepal Peasants' and Workers Party and the extreme left United People's Front.  