CPN (UML) candidate Suhang Nembang continues to lead the vote count in the by-election held to the Member of House of Representatives in Ilam, constituency-2.
As per the latest vote count, Nembang has secured 21,380 votes while Nepali Congress candidate Dambar Bahadur Khadka has polled 14,752 votes, according to Chief Returning Officer Keshav Ghimire.
Likewise, independent candidate Dakendra Singh Limbu Thegim has got 10,146 votes and Rastriya Swatantra Party's Milan Limbu got 3,603 votes.
The vote count is currently taking place of Ilam municipalities ward no. 3, 4 and 5. Sixty-nine thousand two hundred and eighty-seven voters cast votes in the by-election.
The by-election held on Saturday in Ilam-2 was necessitated following the death of Subas Chandra Nembang who was elected from this constituency in the House of Representatives in 2022 elections.
