I was in Gangtok & Darjeeling last week. Both cities were full of posters of Prashant Tamang. Sponsored by local product companies and friends/ fans. I spoke to a large cross-section of local population. The whole region is so proud of Prashant and is voting only for him. People also tell stories of the hardships that Prashant has gone through and there is a clear sympathy wave too.
With such strong regional voting, and his reasonably good voice, Prashant to me, is a fore-runner to be II3.