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CPN-UML candidate Pramod Yadav has taken an early lead in the vote count for the House of Representatives election in Rupandehi Constituency No. 4.

Out of 8,463 votes counted, Yadav has received 2,698 votes, while Nepali Congress candidate Ashutosh Mishra has secured 2,247 votes.

RSP’s Kanhaiya Baniya has received 1,830 votes, while other candidates trail behind. Election officials said 510 votes were declared invalid during the counting process.

The Rastiya Swatantra Party (RSP) has taken the lead in 14 of the 15 constituencies in the Kathmandu Valley in the preliminary vote count of the House of Representatives election.

RSP candidates are leading in 10 constituencies in Kathmandu, including Ranju Darshana, Sunil KC, Rajunath Pandey, Pukar Bam, Sasmit Pokharel, Shishir Khanal, Ganesh Parajuli, Birajbhakta Maharjan, DP Aryal, and Pradeep Bista.

In Lalitpur, Jagadish Kharel and Tosima Karki are ahead, while Udaya Shumsher Rana of the Nepali Congress leads in Lalitpur-1. In Bhaktapur, Rukesh Ranjit is leading in Constituency-1 ahead of Prem Suwal, while Rajiv Khatri is ahead in Constituency-2, with Mahesh Basnet of the CPN trailing.

Prime Minister Sushila Karki has congratulated all Nepali people for the successful conduct of the House of Representatives elections. 

The voting was historically peaceful with enthusiastic participation of people, which she argued, gave a democratic and constitutional solution to the country.  

Taking to social networking site (Facebook) following the conduct of election on Thursday, PM Karki, said, "Thanks to able leadership of Election Commission, high morale of security persons with utmost loyalty to nation, devotion of my Council of Ministers and of civil employees, positive cooperation of political parties and their candidates, support and help of international community and the watchdog role of media."

The PM also expressed high respect to the martyrs of various movements, injured ones, and devotion, restraint and commitment of Gen Z to democracy.

The Head of government also extended special gratitude to the President for his guardianship.

Sudurpaschim Province recorded 51.37 percent voter turnout in the House of Representatives elections held on Thursday.

The Province Election Office informed that the voter turnout in Kailali was 55. 35 percent, while it was 58.96 percent in Kanchanpur, 40.87 percent in Doti, 39.18 percent in Achham, 51.61 percent in Bajura, 49.15 percent in Dadeldhura, 46.44 percent Bajhang, 46.77 percent in Baitadi and 53.75 percent in Darchula.

The Election Commission had listed over 1.7 million (total 1716,660) voters in Sudurpaschim Province, while 881, 000  plus (total 881,953) cast their ballots.

Meanwhile, the province election office informed that after the collection of ballot boxes, an all-party meeting would be held and vote counting begun. The collection of ballot boxes is underway. 

The police informed that it would, however, take time to ferry the ballot boxes from mountainous areas of Darchula, Bajhang and Bajura districts to the respective vote counting stations.  

Spokesperson at Sudurpaschim Province Police Office, Padam Bahadur Bogati, informed that efforts were on to ferry the ballot boxes from 10 voting centers by helicopter.