Prime Minister and President of the Nepali Congress Sher Bahadur Deuba is ahead of his nearest competitor by 3,022 votes in the election held for the post of member of the House of Representatives from Dadeldhura.

With 10,870 votes counted so far, Deuba has received 5,621 votes. His closest competitor, an independent candidate, Sagar Dhakal, has received 2,599 votes.

Likewise, Nepali Congress BP party’s Karna Bahadur Malla has got 1,636 votes while 656 votes were found to be invalid, according to the Office of the Returning Officer.