KATHMANDU, April 24: Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP)'s candidate Dr Swarnim Wagle is leading in Tanahun-1 with a huge margin in the ongoing vote counting of the by-election held in Tanahun-1.
While Dr Wagle has secured 10,537 votes, his nearest rival Govinda Bhattarai of Nepali Congress (NC) is trailing behind him with 5,336 votes. Similarly, CPN-UML candidate Sarbendra Khanal has secured a total of 3,291 votes as the vote is currently underway.
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Dr Wagle, an eminent economist, recently quit NC and joined RSP to contest the HoR by-election.
