POKHARA, Nov 21: Damodar Paudel Bairagi of CPN-UML has taken the initial lead in Kaski-3. By the time the counting of 400 votes was completed, he took the lead against Yograj Paudel, the candidate of Rastriya Swatantra Party, by a margin of 27 votes.
While Bairagi has secured 178 votes so far, Paudel of RSP has been trailing behind with 151 votes. Likewise, Ramji Prasad Baral of the CPN (Maoist Center) has received 128 votes.
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Likewise, 61,414 votes have fallen in Kaski-3 out of 1,01,715 votes . The voter turnout in this area was 61.72 percent.
