KATHMANDU, NOVEMBER 23

CPN-UML has continued to stand atop the list of total votes counted under Proportionate Representation election, for the second consecutive day.

By the time this update was drafted, UML had received 259,673 votes, 24,262 more that what Nepali Congress has secured so far. The latter's count stands at 235,411.

Likewise, Rastriya Swatantra Party has taken the third spot with 123,272 votes, and is ahead of CPN-Maoist Centre who have garnered 111,132 votes.

These are the only four parties that have received over 100,000 votes at present.

UML is also leading the Provincial PR election vote count.

Here's where the parties currently stand based on the number of votes received thus far.

Parties Federal Provincial
UML 259,673 240,125
NC 235,411 231,796
RSP 123,272 N/A
CPN-MC 111,132 110,453
RPP 63,516 55,675
NWPP 20,178 -
JSP-N 20,043 20,101
Janmat Party 19,281
NCP(US) 14,803
Unmukti Party 12,842
Others 54,649 57,732