KATHMANDU: CPN-UML has taken the lead in the proportional vote count in the election to the House of Representatives.

UML has received 241,999 votes so far under the PR category.

Likewise, Nepali Congress (NC) has got 219,491 votes and the Rabi Lamichhane-led Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) is in third place with 112,061 votes.

The Maoist Center received 100,492 votes and the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) has got 57,764 votes as of now.