NAWALPUR: Nepali Congress leader and House of Representatives member candidate from Nawalpur-1, Dr. Shashank Koirala has maintained a steady lead in Nawalpur.

According to the latest results, Dr. Koirala is ahead in the vote count with 6,135 votes, followed by CPN-UML candidate Krishna Paudel. The latter has received 4,446 votes.

Similarly, Rajan Gautam of Rastriya Swatantra Party has got 2,898 votes.