Independent candidate for mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City Balen Shah has crossed 2,000 votes.
He has secured 2,071 votes as per the latest update. Keshav Sthapit of CPN-UML is second with 1,164 votes followed by Sirjana Singh of Nepali Congress (NC) at 1,006.
Votes of ward numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 and 32 are currently being counted.