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Pakistan congratulated Nepal on the successful completion of its elections.

Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar extended his heartiest congratulations to the people and the leadership of Nepal, according to the Embassy of Pakistan in Kathmandu.

In his message, the Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister said Pakistan deeply values its fraternal relations with Nepal and expressed hope that the two countries would continue to strengthen their longstanding friendship.

Dar also said he looks forward to working closely with his counterpart and the new government of Nepal to further enhance bilateral cooperation, explore new avenues of partnership, and promote regional peace and prosperity.

Prime Minister of Bhutan, Tshering Tobgay congratulated Rastriya Swantantra Party President Rabi Lamichhane and senior leader Balen Shah through social media for the victory in the election. 

Prime Minister Tobgay also mentioned that he is looking forward to working deeply, further deepening the warm friendship between the two countries with the government. ‘We look forward to further deepening the warm friendship between the two countries,’ he wrote in the congratulatory message.

The counting of votes cast under the proportional representation (PR) system for the House of Representatives (HoR) elections is underway.

As of 7:46 am today, the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), which has so far won 125 seats, is also leading in the PR vote counts with a wide margin.

Out of 10,297,497 votes counted so far, the party has secured 4,951,964 votes.

Similarly, the Nepali Congress (NC) has achieved 1,674,940 votes while the CPN-UML garnered 1,390,293 and the Nepali Communist Party got 753,082. 

The Shram Sanskriti Party has collected 348,159 and the Rastriya Prajatantra Party achieved 322,604 votes.

As per the EC updates, the Janata Samajwadi Party Nepal secured 169,447 votes, the Rastriya Pariwartan Party 165,069 and the Janamat Party has achieved  75,486 votes.

Towards the direct electoral counts, the NC has been elected in 18 seats, UML in nine, NCP in eight, Shram Sanskriti in three, RPP and an independent candidate one each.

Dr Arjun Kumar Karki of CPN-UML was declared the winner in the House of Representatives (HoR) election from Sankhuwasabha district. 

As per the results announced last night, Karki won the HoR seat by getting 15,663 votes against his nearest rival Mingma Sherpa. 

Sherpa of Rastriya Swatantra Party bagged 15,000 votes in the election, according to the Office of the Returning Officer.

Of the total 119,630 voters in the district, 63,634 voters cast their votes in the March 5 HoR election.