In the counting of votes in Ilam-2, 51 thousand 404 valid votes have been counted.
According to the latest vote results, CPN-UML candidates are leading by 6,628 votes. UML candidate Suhang Nemwang has got 21 thousand 380 votes.
RSP candidate Milan Kumar Limbu got 3 thousand 603 votes.
There were 115,889 registered voters in the Ilam -2 constituency. But only 69,287 voters cast their votes in the by-election.
The by-election in Ilam-2 was necessitated by the death of Subas Chandra Nembang who represented this constituency in the House of Representatives before this.