Khanal wins with 45,241 votes, defeating former lawmaker and billionaire Chaudhary by 35,739 votes.

Congress and UML candidates close behind as early vote count shows tight race.

UML Vice-chair Bishnu Paudel trails by over 13,000 votes in latest count.

Initial counting shows a close contest with Maoist candidate Chudamani Oli trailing narrowly.

Subedi ahead of rivals as initial votes are counted.

Over half of registered voters cast ballots in both constituencies, with women leading participation.

Nepali Communist Party candidate ahead in preliminary count, followed by CPN-UML and Congress.

Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Lilamani Gautam and Kusum Devi Thapa in the fray.

Sunar ahead of UML and Congress rivals in early vote count.

Pathak ahead of Congress and UML candidates as early vote count begins.

Kharel ahead of UML’s Bishnu Paudel in early vote count.

So far, no ballots have been cast at the Deuti Secondary School Tallo Malaikhola polling centre in Babai Rural Municipality-7 and the Janata Basic School Jila polling centre in Babai-1.

Freed Kamaiyas in Sani Ambapur, Dang, say for years they have been paying taxes on land they do not legally own.

In this neglected and impoverished Tharu settlement in Kaplivastu, people must make long treks for even basic services like schools, healthcare and markets.

Conservationists say parties prioritise vote-winning projects and ignore the long-term benefits of conserving biodiversity.

Ravina Khan, once a frontline combatant, now campaigns door-to-door on a shoestring budget, seeking to represent the poor and marginalised after being sidelined by her party.

Conservationists warn the deaths threaten scavenger birds that play a vital role in keeping the environment clean.

RSP district chief says ‘undesirable elements’ infiltrated gathering.

Switch follows party’s decision to withdraw his candidacy and back CPN-UML nominees in Dang under a provincial seat-sharing deal.

Years after the ‘one house, one tap’ pledge, over 300 families in Tinau-4 still queue before dawn as incomplete projects and limited budgets stall supply.