Nepal polls: Nepali Congress-led coalition leads in counting, ruling five-party alliance has bagged 52 seats out of the 90 declared so far

Kathmandu: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba’s Nepali Congress-led ruling coalition was on Thursday inching towards winning Nepal’s parliamentary elections as the five-party alliance has bagged 52 seats out of the 90 declared so far.

In the 275-member House of Representatives, 165 will be elected through direct voting, while the remaining 110 will be elected through a proportional electoral system. Till now, the Nepali Congress (NC) has won 32 seats and is leading in 21 others.