Dr Bhattarai leading with more than 3000 votes in Gorkha-2

GORKHA, Dec 9: Naya Shakti Party’s coordinator Dr Baburam Bhattarai is leading CPN (Maoist Center)’s candidate Narayan Kaji Shrestha with more than 3000 votes in Gorkha constituency-2. As of latest update, out of 41,122 votes counted, Bhattarai has garnered 20,897 votes while his left alliance rival Shrestha 17,829 votes– with 19,000 votes are yet to be counted.

In Gorkha-2 ‘A’, Naya Shakti’s Harisaran Acharya has garnered 10,773 votes while his rival from CPN (Maoist Center) has got 9003 votes. Likewise, in Gorkha-2 ‘B’ Nepali Congress candidate Prakash Chandra Dawadi 10,921 votes while his contender from Maoist Center Amar Tum has got 9607 votes.

Meanwhile in Gorkha-1 as well, left alliance is leading the results. Out of 32,520 votes counted, Maoist Center’s Hari Raj Adhikari has garnered 15,298 votes while Nepali Congress candidate Chin Kaji Shrestha has got 13,222 votes.

In Gokrha-1 ‘A’, Maoist Center’s Lekh Bahadur Thapa has got 11,022 votes while Nepali Congress candidate Dhiren Thapa has secured 9,359 votes. Similarly in Gorkha-1 ‘B’, CPN-UML’s is leading with 11,000 votes while Nepali Congress’ Rajendra Bagajain has only got 8,870 votes.