Vote counting for May 13 polls is underway for the second consecutive day. The counting has been slow as it takes 15-20 minutes to count one ballot paper. In Kathmandu Metropolitan City, independent candidate Balen Shah continues to lead. Till 5 am, Shah has secured 1587, CPN-UML Keshav Staphit is in the second position securing 872 and Nepali Congress candidate Srijana Singh is in the third position with 822. In deputy, CPN-UML candidate Sunita Dangol is taking a lead with a huge margin. 

In Bharatpur Metropolitan City, there is tough competition between Maoist candidate Renu Dahal and CPN-UML candidate Bijaya Subedi. Dahal has secured 980, while Subedi has secured 871.

In Lalitpur, Nepali Congress candidate Chiribabu Maharajan is taking a lead with a wide gap. In Biratnagar, Nepali Congress candidate Nagesh Koirala is taking the lead. 

So far, Nepal Congress has won eight chiefs and ten deputies, and CPN-UML has won six chiefs and deputies. Maoist has won one chief and two deputies.