Vote count: RSP continues leading with wide margin in PR as well

Kathmandu, March 9: The counting of votes cast under the proportional representation (PR) system for the House of Representatives (HoR) elections is underway.

As of 3:00 pm today, the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), which has so far won 124 seats, is also leading in the PR vote count with very wide margin.

Out total 908,400 votes counted so far, the party has secured 4390,035 votes.

Similarly, the Nepali Congress (NC) has achieved 1470,796 while the CPN (UML) garnered 1231,789 and the Nepali Communist Party got 656,941. The Shram Sanskriti Party has collected 313,489 and the Rastriya Prajatantra Party achieved 294,355 votes.

As per the EC updates, the Janata Samajbadi Party Nepal secured 140,237 votes, the Rastriya Pariwartan Party 137,245, the Janamat Party 62,460 and the Rastriya Mukti Party Nepal, Janata Samajbadi Party and the Nagarik Unmukti Party has each achieved 50,051 votes.

Towards the direct electoral counts, the NC has been elected in 17 seats, UML in seven, NCP in seven, Shram Sanskriti in three, RPP and independent candidate one each. 

The vote counts showed the RSP, NC and UML are taking lead in a one constituency each: RSP in Gorkha-1, NC in Ilam- 1, and the UML in Sankhuwasabha-1. (RSS)