JANAKPUR: Manish Jha of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) is leading the vote count in Dhanusha Constituency No. 3.

According to the Office of the Chief Returning Officer, Jha has secured 19,998 votes out of 32,000 votes counted so far.

Meanwhile, Bimlendra Nidhi of the Nepali Congress has received 9,064 votes, and Julikumari Mahato of the CPN (UML) has secured 2,399 votes.