Senior leader of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) Balen Shah is leading the race in Jhapa Constituency No. 5 with four times the votes of CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli.
According to the latest vote count, Shah has received 5,254 votes, while Oli has secured 1,248 votes.
Nepali Congress candidate Mandhara Chimariya has received 185 votes, with Nepali Communist Party candidate Ranjit Tamang in fourth with 129 votes.