HoR elections: RSP leading in vote count in 70 constituencies
The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) is leading in 70 constituencies according to the vote count released under the House of Representatives election held Thursday.
According to the Election Commission, vote counting is currently in progress in 94 constituencies and by 2 pm today, the RSP is leading in 70 constituencies, while Nepali Congress, CPN (UML) and Nepali Communist Party each are leading in six places.
Similarly, the Rastriya Prajatantra Party, the Pragatisheel Lokatantrik Party and the Shram Sanskriti Party, as well as independent candidates, are ahead in one constituency each.
So far, one candidate from RSP and one from the Nepali Congress have been victorious.
RSP's candidate Ranju Darshana has won from Kathmandu Constituency No. 1 with 15,455 votes, and Congress's Yogesh Gauchan Thakali has won from Mustang with 3,307 votes.
RSP candidate representative dies in Morang
A candidate representative of the Rastriya Swatantra Party has died in Morang. The deceased has been identified as Durga Regmi, 50, of Rangeli-9, said SP Kabit Katuwal of the District Police Office, Morang.
According to him, he suddenly fainted at 11:45 am while having lunch near the counting site.
He was taken to Rangeli Hospital for treatment and doctors at the hospital declared him dead.
He was the representative of the RSP candidate from Morang constituency number 2, Krishna Karki.
RSP candidates leading in all nine constituencies in Kathmandu
The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) candidates are maintaining a lead in all nine constituencies of Kathmandu as the vote counting under the House of Representatives elections continues.
According to the results received by 1 pm today, Sunil KC of RSP has secured a lead in Kathmandu-2 with 5,897 votes. His closest contender, Kabir Sharma of the Nepali Congress, received 2,206 votes, and Kuntidevi Pokharel of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party received 1,469 votes.
In Kathmandu Constituency- 3, RSP candidate Rajunath Pandey is leading with 6,584 votes. His nearest competitor, Kulman Ghising of the Ujyalo Nepal Party, has received 4,220 votes, while Ramesh Aryal of the Nepali Congress has received 2,190 votes.
Similarly, in Kathmandu-4 – RSP candidate Pukar Bom is leading with 6,284 votes. His competitor, Congress's Sachin Timilsina, has received 1,907 votes, and CPN-UML's Rajan Bhattarai has received 1,479 votes.
In Kathmandu-5, RSP's Sasmit Pokharel is ahead in the vote tally, securing 11,433 votes. His closest competitor, Pradeep Paudel of the Congress, has received 3,556 votes, and Ishwar Pokharel of the UML has received 1,908 votes.
In Kathmandu-6, Shishir Khanal of RSP has received 10,615 votes and is leading. His competitor, Congress's Sabuj Krishna Baniya Chhetri, has received 2,775 votes, and UML's Aman Kumar Maskey has received 1,612 votes.
In Kathmandu-7 constituency, RSP's candidate Ganesh Parajuli has maintained the lead by receiving 10,273 votes, followed by Prakash Shrestha of UML with 1,672 votes and Basanta Prasad Manandhar of the Nepali Communist Party with 1,389 votes.
Likewise, in Kathmandu-8, Biraj Bhakta Shrestha of RSP has received 14,751 votes. Suman Sayami of the Nepali Communist Party has received 1,995 votes and Sapana Rajbhandari of Congress has received 1,645 votes.
In Kathmandu constituency 9, Dol Prasad Aryal of RSP has maintained a lead by securing 5,559 votes while Nepali Congress's Nanumaiya Bastola received 1,116 votes and UML's Ajaykranti Shakya received 970 votes.
In Kathmandu-10, RSP candidate Pradeep Bista has maintained his lead by securing 8,508 votes. His competitor from the Nepali Congress, Himal Karki, received 2,056 votes, and Binod Shrestha of the UML received 1,221 votes.
In Kathmandu Constituency No. 1, Ranju Darshana from RSP has already won with 15,455 votes.
Vote counting started in Manang
Vote counting under the House of Representatives (HoR) Member elections held on Thursday has begun in the Himalayan district of Manang.
Vote counting started after ballot boxes from five polling centres in Narpabhumi Rural Municipality, the remotest area in the district, were brought to the district headquarters by army helicopter.
Chief Election Officer Ram Prasad Poudel said that the counting of votes started after the all-party meeting.
In Manang, 54.80 percent of votes were cast. Out of a total of 7, 000 voters here, 3, 164 votes have been cast. The district election officer Jivan Kunwar said that 1, 406 women and 1, 758 men have voted.
