Bajhang, Apr 29: UML’s candidate Daman Bahadur Bhandari has taken the lead in the ongoing vote count in the Bajhang Constituency 1, Province Assembly (a).

According to the latest vote count report, UML’s Bhandari received 10,410 votes leaving NC’s Abhishek Bahadur Singh back by 19 votes. Singh has gained 10,391 votes. 

Similarly, CPN (Maoist Centre)’s Janak Bahadur Budha secured 3,713 votes and Unified Socialists’s Dil Bahadur Singh obtained 2,449 votes.