Election results: Who is leading?

KATHMANDU:  Counting of votes is underway throughout the country.

In the initial vote count of the election held on Sunday, Nepali Congress (NC) has taken the lead followed by CPN-UML so far.

NC is leading in 34 election constituencies followed by UML, which is leading in 21 constituencies.

Likewise, Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) is in the third position with nine leads.

Likewise, Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) is leading in five constituencies while Janmat Party is leading in three constituencies.

The Maoist Center is leading in four constituencies.

Meanwhile, in Kathmandu Constituency-4, NC’s Gagan Kumar Thapa is leading with 3490 votes. His closest contender UML’s Rajan Bhattarai has got 2715 votes.

Likewise, in Kathmandu-1, RPP’s Rabindra Mishra is leading with 3058 votes followed by NC’s Prakash Man Singh with 2873votes.

Similarly, in Lalitpur 3, Dr. Toshima Karki of Rastriya Swatantra Party is leading with 1608 votes followed by UML’s Amrit Khadka with 1519 votes.

Similarly, in Jhapa-3, RPP’s Rajendra Lingden is leading with 1220 votes followed by NC’s Krishna Sitaula with 957 votes.

Likewise, Rastriya Swatantra Party’s Sobita Gautam has maintained an early lead in the counting of votes in Kathmandu Constituency-2.

Gautam has got 744 votes so far while her closest contender Maoist Center’s Onsari Gharti has received 478 votes.

Similarly, NC’s Dr. Shekhar Koirala is leading with 621 votes in Morang-6 while his closest contender UML’s Lal Babu Pandit has got 534 votes so far.