Kathmandu, March 7 -- Former Kathmandu mayor and rapper Balendra Shah-associated Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), continued to maintain a wide margin in the ongoing vote count. It is headed for a landslide victory in Thursday's parliamentary polls as it is already leading in 98 seats, with wins in 19 seats officially declared.

As per the Election Commission, vote counting is underway in 135 constituencies out of the 165 under the First-Past-the-Post (FPTP) category, as of Saturday morning.

In the count, Balen's RSP is taking the lead as it has won 19 seats out of the 27 constituencies where the vote count under FPTP is already over.

Vote counting is yet to start in three constituencies due to various reasons.

As of 8 AM (NST), Balen's ...