KATHMANDU: Shekhar Koirala has been leading in vote counting of the Nepali Congress Central Working Committee members in the open category as 603 votes were counted. Prakash Man Singh and Khum Bahadur Khadka are closely following him. Total 90 candidates are vying for the 25 positions. Meanwhile, the Election Committee is also counting votes for CWC members under the women reservation, Dalit open, Dalit women, Madhesi open and Madhesi women categories. Jeevan Pariya and Laxmi are leading in the Dalit open and the Dalit women categories respectively till 800 votes were counted in both categories. Ajaya Kumar Chaurasiya and Kiran Yadav are leading in the Madhesi open and the Madhesi women categories respectively till 696 votes were counted in both categories. So far, the party has only concluded counting under the Muslim reservation category. Farmullah Mansoor was elected a CWC member under this category. Votes for the CWC members under the provincial representation category would be counted on Saturday, according to the party's Election Committee. SN Candidates Votes till 603 counted 1. Shekhar Koirala 354 2. Khum Bahadur Khadka 353 3. Prakash Man Singh 353 4. Pradeep Paudel 347 5. Bimalendra Nidhi 339 6. Purna Bahadur Khadka 335 7. Bal Krishna Khand 333 8. Ramesh Lekhak 330 9. Mahesh Acharya 324 10. Pradeep Giri 321 11. Dhan Raj Gurung 319 12. Kul Bahadur Gurung 315 13. Ram Sharan Mahat 312 14. Bal Bahadur KC 308 15. Bishwa Prakash Sharma 307 16. Sujata Koirala 307 17. Prakash Sharan Mahat 295 18. Minendra Rijal 294 19. Shankar Bhandari 293 20. Chandra Bhandari 289 21. Narayan Khadka 288 22. Gopal Man Shrestha 285 23. Badri Pandey 283 24. NP Saud 276 25. Gyanendra Bahadur Karki 266 26. Jip Chhiring Lama 246 27. Padma Narayan Chaudhary 244 28. Udaya Shamsher Rana 242 29. Dina Mahalaxmi Upadhyaya 240 30. Ashok Koirala 226