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<p><span style="line-height: 1.42857;">The vote count so far of the June 28 local level election held in the hometown of Nepali Congress leader Krishna Prasad Sitoula and CPN-UML Chair KP Sharma Oli has surprised one and all.</span><br></p><p><br></p><p>NC is lagging behind UML in Sitoula's constituency while RPP has come out strong against the UML in Oli's constituency. UML has taken a strong lead in Bhadrapur municipality, regarded a pocket area of leader Sitoula. UML is leading with 2,404 votes against 1,599 of NC among the 7,300 votes counted so far.</p><p><br></p><p>UML has already won ward no. 1 and 2 of the municipality and is also leading the count in the remaining wards.</p><p><br></p><p>Likewise, in Damak that falls under Oli's constituency, UML is trailing behind RPP. Of the vote counted so far, RPP has got 512 votes against 116 of UML.</p><p><br></p><p>RPP has been taking a surprising lead in two rural municipalities and two wards in Jhapa, believed to be a stronghold of UML.</p>
