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The Rastriya Swatantra Party is leading in 14 of 15 constituencies in the Kathmandu Valley. 

Ranju Darshana has won in Kathmandu-1. But the Election Commission is yet to formally announce it. 

Sunil KC in Kathmandu-2, Rajunath Pandey in Kathmandu-3, Pukar Bam in Kathmandu-4, Sasmit Pokharel in Kathmandu-5, Ganesh Parajuli in Kathmandu-7, Birajbhakta Maharjan in Kathmandu-8, and Pradeep Bista in Kathmandu-10 are leading the vote count. 

The RSP is leading in both constituencies of Bhaktapur.

Rukesh Ranjit and Rajiv Khatri are leading in Bhaktapur-1 and Bhaktapur-2, respectively. Tosima Karki and Jagdish Kharel are leading in Lalitpur-3 and Lalitpur-2, respectively. Meanwhile, Uday Shamsher Rana of the Nepali Congress is leading in Lalitpur-1.

Counting of votes in Gorkha-2 will start at 1pm at the Land and Watershed Management Office in Gorkha Municipality-8.

Ballot boxes from 23 polling stations in Gorkha-1 are still pending due to bad weather, delaying counting there. Army helicopters are on standby to transport them.

A total of 121,263 votes were cast in the district, with 64,005 in Gorkha-1 and 57,258 in Gorkha-2.

The vote counting has started in Siraha under the House of Representatives elections. 

According to the preliminary results of Constituency No. 4, the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP)'s candidate has taken an early lead.

According to Election Officer Shiva Wagle, by 10:15 am, out of 844 votes counted, RSP's candidate Tapeshwar Yadav had received 547 votes. Similarly, Janamat Party candidate Birendra Prasad Mahto received 88 votes and CPN-UML candidate Dharmanath Prasad Sah received 65 votes.

Dr Shree Prakash Upreti, the chief election officer of the district and election officer of constituency- 3, said that vote counting has also started at 11 am in Siraha 2 and Siraha 3.

Election Officer Fadindraraj Bhattarai informed that the counting of votes in Siraha-1 started from 10 in the morning.

Ranju Darshana of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) has won the House of Representatives election from Kathmandu Constituency-1 by receiving 15,455 votes. 

Chief Election Officer Churaman Khadka said that 30-year-old Darshana was elected, surpassing her closest competitor Nepali Congress's candidate Prabal Thapa Chhetri by a margin of 9,091 votes. 

Thapa Chhetri of the Congress received 6,364 votes. In this constituency, out of 29,774 votes cast, 29,082 were valid and 692 votes were invalid.

Darshana's political background: 

Darshana, who has been actively involved in politics by leading an alternative political stream, joined the Rastriya Swatantra Party from the Bibekshil Sajha Party prior to the election.

Previously in the election of 2074 BS, Darshana, who was 21 years at that time, was one of the contenders for the mayoral post of the Kathmandu Metropolitan City. She also served as the former General-Secretary of the Bibekshil Sajha Party. 

She holds a Master's degree in political science and counseling psychology. 

A strong advocate of violence against women, Darshana has gained experience as a teacher at Thames College and as a guest lecturer at Nicholson International College as well, specializing in social education.

She is recognized as a social activist and is a staunch advocate for the right to information, freedom of expression and defender of civil rights.

The European Union has welcomed the holding of elections in Nepal

The EU congratulates the interim government and the electoral and security authorities for the peaceful and orderly manner in which they took place, EU said in a press statement. 

The EU looks forward to further deepening our longstanding partnership with Nepal and to advancing our shared priorities, the statement says. 

The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) has taken the lead in the vote tally for 40 constituencies under the House of Representatives (HoR) elections 2026 BS, according to the Election Commission. The voting for the polls was held on Thursday.

Similarly, the CPN-UML is leading in five constituencies, the Nepali Congress (NC) in four, and the Nepali Communist Party is ahead of other parties in one constituency.

India survived a brilliant hundred from Jacob Bethell and moved within one win of becoming the first ​nation to claim back-to-back men's Twenty20 World Cup titles after beating England by seven runs in a nail-biting semi-final on ‌Thursday, Reuters reported. 

India will also be chasing a record third T20 title when they take on New Zealand in Sunday's final in Ahmedabad.

Put in to bat in front of a packed Wankhede Stadium awash in blue, the hosts racked up an imposing 253-7 as Sanju Samson struck a commanding 89, supported by fluent contributions from Shivam Dube ​and Ishan Kishan, according to Reuters. 

Balendra Shah, the candidate of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) for the House of Representatives (HoR) elections-2026 from Jhapa-5, is leading the initial vote tally. 

According to the District Election Officer's Office, Shah has secured 1,478 votes following the count of 2,303 votes so far.

CPN-UML Chair and candidate KP Sharma Oli has secured 385 votes.

Likewise, in Jhapa-2, RSP candidate Indira Rana Magar is leading the tally with 1,599 votes, while Devraj Ghimire of CPN (UML) has obtained 275 votes.