CHAINPUR, April 29 -- Vote count in continuing in Bajhang Constituency-1, Province Assembly (a).

As per the latest updates, Nepali Congress (NC) candidate Abhishek Bahadur Singh is leading the vote count by 249 votes. He has obtained 7,486 votes while his close contender CPN-UML''s Daman Bahadur Bhandari got 7,239, said Chief Returning Officer Sudarshan Lamichhane.

Likewise, CPN (Maoist Centre) candidate Janak Bahadur Budha secured 2,894 votes while CPN (Unified Socialist)'s Dil Bahadur Singh obtained 2,102 votes..

So far, the counting of votes of Chhabispathibhera rural municipality, Thalara rural municipality-9, Khaptadchanna rural municipality, Jaya Prithvi municipality and Surma rural municipality has been completed. A total of 30,...