UML top leaders trailing behind RSP candidates in early vote count
Summary
Several top leaders of the CPN-UML are trailing behind Rastriya Swatantra Party candidates in the early vote count of Nepal's House of Representatives election.
Key Points
- UML Chair KP Sharma Oli is trailing RSP candidate Balendra Shah in Jhapa-5 in the early vote count.
- UML General Secretary Shankar Pokhrel is behind RSP candidate Bipin Acharya in Dang-2.
- UML Vice Chair Bishnu Paudel is trailing RSP’s Sulav Kharel in Rupandehi-2.
- Several other UML leaders like Ishwar Pokharel, Mahesh Basnet, and Rajan Bhattarai are also behind their RSP rivals in preliminary results.