Kathmandu — Vote counting in Nepal’s House of Representatives election continued overnight across several constituencies, with early results showing changing leads among major political parties.
According to the latest updates received around 4:30 a.m., candidates from the Rastriya Swatantra Party (Bell symbol) are leading in several constituencies including Kathmandu-7, Kathmandu-8 and Bhaktapur-2. Meanwhile, the CPN-UML (Sun symbol) is ahead in Banke-2.
Kathmandu-7: Ganesh Parajuli Maintains Strong Lead
In Kathmandu Constituency-7, Ganesh Parajuli of the Rastriya Swatantra Party has taken a strong lead in the ongoing vote count.
- Bell – Ganesh Parajuli: 2,833
- Sun – Ajaya Kranti Shakya: 494
- Tree – Nanu Maiya Bastola: 422
- Star – Radhakrishna Maharjan: 392
Bhaktapur-2: Rajiv Khatri Ahead
In Bhaktapur Constituency-2, Rajiv Khatri representing the Bell symbol has taken an early lead.
- Bell – Rajiv Khatri: 1,400
- Sun – Mahesh Basnet: 1,200
- Tree – Kabir Rana: 171
- Madal – Ramesh Vaidya: 138
Kaski-2 Vote Count Update
- Bell: 1,117
- Sun: 733
- Tree: 322
Kathmandu-8: Biraj Bhakta Shrestha Leading
In Kathmandu Constituency-8, Rastriya Swatantra Party candidate Biraj Bhakta Shrestha has secured a comfortable lead.
- Bell – Biraj Bhakta Shrestha: 4,783
- Tree – Sapana Raj Bhandari: 539
- Plough – Nabin Shahi: 335
Lalitpur-3 Early Vote Count
- Bell: 459
- Tree: 102
- Star: 24
- Sun: 26
Kanchanpur-2: Deepak Raj Bohara Leads
At Panchadhin polling center in Krishnapur Municipality-9, Kanchanpur-2, a total of 1,680 votes were cast, including 73 invalid votes.
- Bell – Deepak Raj Bohara: 748
- Tree – NP Saud: 394
- Sun – Bachan Bahadur Singh: 243
- Star – Madhav Pant: 98
- Plough – Tirtha Chatout: 70
Kanchanpur-3: Early Results From First 300 Votes
- Bell – Gyanendra Mahata: 129
- Tree – Hari Prasad Bohara: 56
- Sun – Deepak Prakash Bhatt: 34
- Star – Man Bahadur Sunar: 19
- Plough – Purna Bahadur Chand: 11
Banke-2: UML Candidate Leading
In Banke Constituency-2, the CPN-UML candidate representing the Sun symbol has taken the lead in the early count.
- Sun: 882
- Tree: 672
- Bell: 491
- Star: 30
- Dozer: 14
- Loudspeaker: 13
- Plough: 10
- Rose: 8
- Chim: 6
- Umbrella: 5
- Banana: 2
- Mother: 1
- Tulsi Pot: 1
- Glass: 1
- Cup: 1
- Eye: 1
Rautahat-4 Vote Count
- Ganesh Paudel – Rastriya Swatantra Party: 443
- Ram Kumar Bhattarai – CPN (Unified Socialist): 152
- Dev Prasad Timalsena – Nepali Congress: 94
- Ramji Sah Sonar – CPN-UML: 21
Kathmandu-6: Shishir Khanal Ahead
- Shishir Khanal – Rastriya Swatantra Party: 515
- Krishna Baniya Chhetri – Nepali Congress: 360
- Aman Kumar Maske – CPN-UML: 310
Kathmandu-3: Kulman Ghising Maintains Lead
- Ujyalo – Kulman Ghising: 1,846
- Rastriya Swatantra Party: 1,560
- Nepali Congress: 583
- CPN-UML: 456
- Sun – Rajesh Shakya: 315
Vote counting is still ongoing across the country, and officials say updated results from additional polling centers are expected throughout the morning.
