Rastriya Swatantra Party candidate Rajiv Khatri has taken an early lead in the vote count in Bhaktapur constituency number 2.

Khatri has secured 1,400 votes so far, while CPN-UML candidate Mahesh Basnet has received 1,200 votes.

Nepali Congress candidate Kabir Rana has obtained 171 votes. Ram Prasad Sapkota of the Nepali Communist Party has received 17 votes, while Ramesh Baidya of Nepal Majdoor Kishan Party has secured 138 votes.

Similarly, Rastriya Prajatantra Party candidate Bikram Thapa has received 35 votes, Arjun Basu of the Shram Sanskriti Party 15 votes, and Ujyalo Nepal Party’s Jit Ram Lama 37 votes.