Kathmandu, March 6 -- Rastriya Swatantra Party candidate Biraj Bhakta Shrestha has taken a strong lead in Kathmandu constituency number 8 as vote counting continues.

Out of 11,552 votes counted so far, Shrestha has secured 7,617 votes.

Nepali Congress candidate Sapana Rajbhandari has received 890 votes, while CPN-UML candidate Suman Sayami has secured 847 votes.

Similarly, Nepal Communist Party candidate Rajesh Shakya has received 544 votes.

Vote counting is ongoing.

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