UML leads vote count in Dolakha

KATHMANDU, Dec 4: The CPN (UML) is currently leading the vote count in Dolakha. 

As of Sunday morning, UML's candidate for the House of Representatives, Bal Krishna Siwakoti has so far received 15,363 votes while his nearest rival Ganga Karki of CPN (Maoist Centre) has got 14,038 votes. So far a total of 34,481 votes have been counted. 

Likewise, UML's Bharat KC, a candidate for the Provincial Assembly from Dolakha-2,  is also leading the vote count with 16,337 votes followed by Nepali Congress candidate Burma Lama with 12,058 votes.

A total of 21 candidates from 14 different political parties and seven independent candidates are contesting in the election.

Earlier, a reelection was held in Dolakha.