KATHMANDU: Shekhar Koirala is leading the vote count with 618 votes out of 1003 counted so far in the open category of the Nepali Congress Central Working Committee members' election held earlier this week. Following him are Prakash Man Singh and Khum Bahadur Khadka. Among top 25 contenders, the newly elected President Sher Bahadur Deuba-led panel is apparently holding the majority though the top two candidates - Koirala and Singh - belong to the rival faction led by outing acting President Ram Chandra Paudel. Total 90 contenders are in the race for 25 positions. Meanwhile, the party's Election Committee is simultaneously counting votes for CWC members under other reservation categories. SN Candidates Votes till 1003 counted 1. Shekhar Koirala 618 2. Prakash Man Singh 612 3. Khum Bahadur Khadka 603 4. Pradeep Paudel 589 5. Purna Bahadur Khadka 578 6. Ramesh Lekhak 575 7. Bimalendra Nidhi 574 8. Pradeep Giri 570 9. Bal Krishna Khand 561 10. Mahesh Acharya 560 11. Kul Bahadur Gurung 559 12. Dhan Raj Gurung 559 13. Bal Bahadur KC 548 14. Ram Sharan Mahat 538 15. Sujata Koirala 529 16. Bishwa Prakash Sharma 525 17. Shankar Bhandari 513 18. Prakash Sharan Mahat 505 19. Minendra Rijal 505 20. Narayan Khadka 494 21. Badri Pandey 490 22. Chandra Bhandari 489 23. Gopal Man Shrestha 485 24. Gyanendra Bahadur Karki 482 25. NP Saud 480 26. Jip Chhiring Lama 433 27. Padma Narayan Chaudhary 431 28. Udaya Shamsher Rana 420 29. Dina Mahalaxmi Upadhyaya 413 30. Ashok Koirala 399 31. Man Mohan Bhattarai 378 32. Govinda Raj Joshi 371 33. Govinda Raj Pokharel 345 34. Ram Hari Khatiwada 328 35. Tara Nath Ranabhat 321 36. Ram Krishna Tamrakar 288 37. Dhruba Wagle 282 38. Laxman Bahadur Basnet 247 39. Chiranjivi Wagle 246 40. Pushkar Nath Ojha 240