Independent candidate Balen Shah is leading the vote count in Kathmandu Metropolitan City.
Shah is in the first place with 6, 207 votes while CPN-UML candidate Keshav Sthapit is in the second place with 3, 243 votes and Nepali Congress candidate Srijana Singh is in the third place with 2, 885 votes.
The vote counting is underway in ward 1, 2, 3, 4 and 32 of Kathmandu Metropolitan City.