The Nepali Congress candidate is leading the vote count in constituency no 2 of Bhaktapur.

Durlabh Thapa of Nepali Congress is ahead of Mahesh Basnet by nearly 700 votes.

The vote count is underway at the Training Centre of Agricultural Development Bank at Bode, Madhyapur Municipality.

So far, NC candidate Thapa collected 2,330 votes while his contender Basnet got 1,632 votes.

Similarly, Rastriya Swatantra Party garnered 424 votes, Rastriya Prajatantra Party 232 votes, and Nepal Workers and Peasant Party 250 votes.

The votes collected from three voting centers- Kaushaltar of Madhyapur Thimi Municipality-3, Sirutar of Suryabinayak Municipality-1 and Katunje of Suryabinayak Municipality-5 were counted so far.

Chief of the District Election Office, Narendra Prasad Neupane, said that Bhaktapur recorded 71.97 percent turnout.

Similarly, Bhaktapur constituency no 1 is planning to begin vote count at 8:00 am.