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Yogesh Gauchan of the Nepali Congress (NC) has been elected as a member of the House of Representatives from Mustang district securing 3,307 votes. 

According to the Office of the Election Officer in Mustang, Gauchan defeated his closest rival Indradhar Dhandu Bista of the CPN-UML by a margin of 1,504 votes.  Bista received 1,803 votes. 

Similarly, Aditya Chandra Thakali of the Rastriya Swatantra Party obtained 759 votes. 

Other candidates in fray were Kamala Lalchan of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party who gained 161 votes while Ngutuk Gurung (Tiger) of the Nepali Communist Party got 151 votes. 

Dr Surendra Sherchan of Ujyalo Nepal Party garnered 85 votes while Ajay BK of Aam Janata Party earned 9 votes. Yam Bahadur Gurung of Mangol National Organization secured 3 votes.

Voting was conducted at 39 polling centers across five local levels in Mustang district having only one constituency. The Election Commission had listed a total of 11,328 voters in Mustang. 

According to the Office of the Election Officer, out of 6,398 votes cast, 107 votes were invalid.

The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) candidates are leading in 42 constituencies as per the latest vote counting. 

According to the Election Commission, as of 12 noon, in the 54 constituencies where vote counting is currently underway, the RSP is leading in 42 constituencies, while candidates from the CPN-UML and Nepali Congress are leading in four constituencies each.

Similarly, the Nepali Communist Party (NCP) two and the Labour Culture Party are ahead in one place.

The Rastriya Swatantra Party is leading in 14 of 15 constituencies in the Kathmandu Valley. 

Ranju Darshana has won in Kathmandu-1. But the Election Commission is yet to formally announce it. 

Sunil KC in Kathmandu-2, Rajunath Pandey in Kathmandu-3, Pukar Bam in Kathmandu-4, Sasmit Pokharel in Kathmandu-5, Ganesh Parajuli in Kathmandu-7, Birajbhakta Maharjan in Kathmandu-8, and Pradeep Bista in Kathmandu-10 are leading the vote count. 

The RSP is leading in both constituencies of Bhaktapur.

Rukesh Ranjit and Rajiv Khatri are leading in Bhaktapur-1 and Bhaktapur-2, respectively. Tosima Karki and Jagdish Kharel are leading in Lalitpur-3 and Lalitpur-2, respectively. Meanwhile, Uday Shamsher Rana of the Nepali Congress is leading in Lalitpur-1.

The vote counting has started in Siraha under the House of Representatives elections. 

According to the preliminary results of Constituency No. 4, the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP)'s candidate has taken an early lead.

According to Election Officer Shiva Wagle, by 10:15 am, out of 844 votes counted, RSP's candidate Tapeshwar Yadav had received 547 votes. Similarly, Janamat Party candidate Birendra Prasad Mahto received 88 votes and CPN-UML candidate Dharmanath Prasad Sah received 65 votes.

Dr Shree Prakash Upreti, the chief election officer of the district and election officer of constituency- 3, said that vote counting has also started at 11 am in Siraha 2 and Siraha 3.

Election Officer Fadindraraj Bhattarai informed that the counting of votes in Siraha-1 started from 10 in the morning.