Balen Shah leading by 18, 430 votes in Kathmandu Metropolitan City

Independent mayoral candidate Balen Shah is leading by 18, 430 votes in Kathmandu Metropolitan City.

He secured 45, 613 votes as of 10:30 am today.

His closest contender Nepali Congress candidate Srijana Singh is trailing with 27, 183 votes.

Similarly, Keshav Sthapit of CPN-UML received 26, 309 votes.

In the deputy mayoral race UML's Sunita Dangol is leading by a huge margin. Rameshwar Shrestha of CPN (Unified Socialist) is lagging far behind.