Independent candidate for mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City Balen Shah has built a lead of over 1,000 votes.
He has secured 2,238 votes as per the latest update. Keshav Sthapit of CPN-UML is second with 1,219 votes followed by Sirjana Singh of Nepali Congress (NC) at 1,081.
Votes of ward numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 and 32 are currently being counted. Shah is leading in each of those wards.