Early vote counting in the parliamentary elections shows the Rastriya Swatantra Party maintaining leads in 32 constituencies across the country.

Rastriya Swatantra Party chairman Rabi Lamichhane is leading in Chitwan-2, while senior party leader Balen Shah holds an early lead in Jhapa-5.

In the Capital, RSP candidates are ahead in several constituencies. Ranju Darshana leads in Kathmandu-1, Sunil KC in Kathmandu-2, Rajunath Pandey in Kathmandu-3, Pukar Bam in Kathmandu-4, Sasmita Pokharel in Kathmandu-5, Ganesh Parajuli in Kathmandu-7, Biraj Bhakta Mahajan in Kathmandu-8, and Pradeep Bista in Kathmandu-10.

The party also holds leads in Bhaktapur, with Rukesh Ranjit ahead in Bhaktapur-1 and Rajiv Khatri leading in Bhaktapur-2.

Other constituencies where RSP candidates are leading include Morang-1 (Yagnamani Nyaupane), Morang-4 (Santosh Rajbanshi), Morang-5 (Asha Jha), Dhanusha-3 (Manish Jha), Rautahat-4 (Ganesh Paudel), Bara-3 (Arbind Sah), Lalitpur-2 (Jagdish Kharel), Chitwan-3 (Sobita Gautam), Kaski-1 (Khadkaraj Paudel), Kaski-2 (Uttam Prasad Paudel), Kaski-3 (Bina Gurung), Rupandehi-2 (Sulabh Kharel), Rupandehi-3 (Lekhjung Thapa), Dang-1 (Devaraj Pathak), Banke-1 (Suresh Kumar Chaudhary), Banke-3 (Khagendra Sunar), and Kanchanpur-2 (Deepakraj Bohara).

The preliminary results indicate a strong showing for the Rastriya Swatantra Party as counting continues nationwide.