Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) candidate Dr. Swarnim Wagle has doubled his lead in the preliminary vote count of the by-election to the House of Representatives (HoR) member held in Tanahu 1 on Sunday.
According to the vote count results as of 6.00 am this morning, Dr. Wagle has taken lead with a big margin. Vote counting started at 11.45 pm last night.
Wagle has obtained 5,019 votes while completing vote counts in six wards. In the count of a total of 9,257 votes of Anbukhaireni-1, Anbukhaireni-2, Bhanu-10, Bhanu-8, Bhanu-3, and Bhanu-7, Nepali Congress candidate Govinda Bhattarai received a 2,351 and CPN-UML candidate Sarbendra Khanal got 1,549 votes, informed chief returning officer Komal Prasad Acharya.
A total of 63,757 votes were cast in 42 wards of the Tanahu constituency-1. Vote counting is being held in two places. ---
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