Janata Samajwadi Party (JSP) Chairman Upendra Yadav continues to lead the vote count in the by-election in Bara-2, but Shiva Chandra Kushwaha of Janamat Party has narrowed the gap to just over 2,600 votes.
As per the latest results, Yadav has secured 22,552 votes to take a lead of 2,629 votes over Kushwaha, who has received 19,924 votes so far. Yadav led by around 5,000 votes earlier in the day.
Purushottam Paudel of CPN-UML is third with 6,501 votes, while Ramesh Kharel of Rastriya Swatantra Party is further behind with 2,681 votes.
Arun Gyawali of Aam Janata Party has 2,615 votes.