Bajhang by-election: Congress candidate Singh ahead by 264 votes

Vote count is underway in Bajhang Constituency 1, Province Assembly (a).

As per the latest update, Nepali Congress (NC) candidate Abhishek Bahadur Singh is leading the vote count by 264 votes.

He has obtained 7,492 votes while his close contender CPN-UML's Daman Bahadur Bhandari got 7,228, informed Chief Returning Officer Sudarshan Lamichhane.

Likewise, CPN (Maoist Center) candidate Janak Bahadur Budha secured 2,895 votes while CPN (Unified Socialist)'s Dil Bahadur Singh obtained 2,102 votes.

So far, the counting of votes in Chhabispathibhera Rural Municipality, Thalara Rural Municipality-9, Khaptadchanna Rural Municipality, Jayaprithvi Municipality and Surma Rural Municipality has been completed.

A total of 30,328 votes or 49.12 percent votes were cast in the by-election in Bajhang Province Assembly (A).

There were 61,748 voters in the constituency.

A total of 11 candidates were in the race in Bajhang by-election.