Independent candidate for mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City Balen Shah has extended his lead to almost 17,000 votes.
As per the latest update, Shah has secured 39,006 with 109,537 votes counted until now. He leads Sirjana Singh of Nepali Congress (NC) who has got 22,072 votes by 16,934.
Keshav Sthapit of CPN-UML, who was second right from the start of counting, is now third with 21,571 votes 501 behind Singh.