KATHMANDU, March 6: In the House of Representatives election held on Thursday, candidates from the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) are leading in 81 constituencies across various provinces of the country.
According to the preliminary vote results released by the Election Commission (EC), RSP candidates are leading in several areas of Koshi, Madhesh, Bagmati, Gandaki, Lumbini, and Sudurpaschim provinces.
RSP candidates leading in Kathmandu valley
Biraj Bhakta Shrestha — Kathmandu-8: 18,111 votes
Sasmit Pokharel — Kathmandu-5: 13,708 votes
Pukar Bam — Kathmandu-4: 12,192 votes
Ganesh Parajuli — Kathmandu-7: 12,821 votes
Raju Nath Pandey — Kathmandu-3: 11,138 votes
Shisir Khanal — Kathmandu-6: 10,615 votes
Dol Prasad Aryal — Kathmandu-9: 9,078 votes
Election update: RSP leading in 70 constituencies
Pradip Bista — Kathmandu-10: 11,402 votes
Toshima Karki — Lalitpur-3: 8,871 votes
Rukesh Ranjit — Bhaktapur-1: 9,804 votes
Koshi province
Balendra Shah — Jhapa-5: 5,254 votes
Indira Rana Magar — Jhapa-2: 4,580 votes
Nisha Dangi — Jhapa-1: 3,170 votes
Santosh Rajbanshi — Morang-4: 14,758 votes
Rubina Acharya — Morang-6: 11,430 votes
Madhesh province
Manish Jha — Dhanusha-3: 15,935 votes
Arbinda Sah — Bara-3: 12,744 votes
Pramod Kumar Mahato — Mahottari-1: 7,352 votes
Ganesh Dhimal — Bara-1: 5,877 votes
Ganesh Paudel — Rautahat-4: 4,192 votes
Gandaki province
Uttam Prasad Paudel — Kaski-2: 12,739 votes
Bina Gurung — Kaski-3: 2,303 votes
Swarnim Wagle — Tanahun-1: 4,917 votes
Dhananjay Regmi — Syangja-1: 4,635 votes
Lumbini province
Sulabv Kharel — Rupandehi-2: 16,788 votes
Suresh Kumar Chaudhary — Banke-1: 10,778 votes
Devraj Pathak — Dang-1: 8,933 votes
Sudurpaschim province
Deepak Raj Bohara — Kanchanpur-2: 7,372 votes
Janak Singh Dhami — Kanchanpur-1: 1,830 votes
Gyanendra Singh Mahata — Kanchanpur-3: 2,122 votes
According to the EC, vote counting is still ongoing nationwide; hence, the results are only preliminary.