Ram Prasad Neupane of CPN-UML has taken the lead as vote counting has begun in the by-election in Chitwan-2.
According to preliminary results, Neupane leads the vote count with 367 votes while Rastriya Swatantra Party President Rabi Lamichhane is in second position with 319 votes.
Jeet Narayan Shrestha of Nepali Congress has received 244 votes.
A total of 971 votes of Ichchhakamana Rural Municipality-1 have been counted so far.
Janata Samajwadi Party (JSP) candidate Upendra Yadav has maintained his lead in the by-election in Bara-2.
With 1,300 votes counted so far, Yadav has secured 458 votes. Shiva Chandra Kushwaha of Janamat Party trails Yadav by 100 votes.
Purushottam Paudel of CPN-UML has received 318 votes, while Ramesh Kharel of Rastriya Swatantra Party is fourth with 169 votes.