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Nepal Election Results 2026 LIVE Updates: The poll marks Nepal’s first election since last year's Gen Z protests forced the resignation of former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli.
Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) election candidate and Kathmandu's former mayor Balendra Shah. (AFP file photo)
Nepal Election Results 2026 LIVE Updates: Rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah’s Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) is inching towards a landslide victory as the counting of votes progresses for the high-stakes general election for Nepal’s 275-member House of Representatives, the lower house of Parliament.
The poll marks Nepal’s first general election since Gen Z protests on September 8 and 9 forced the resignation of former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and led to the dissolution of Parliament.
The RSP maintained a commanding lead in Nepal’s proportional representation vote count on Saturday, securing more than half of the ballots counted in the early tally. According to Nepal’s Election Commission data, from 161 of the 165 constituencies, the RSP has already won 20 seats and is ahead in another 98
The ex-Kathmandu mayor has secured more than 15,000 votes in Jhapa-5 constituency against four-time prime minister and CPN-UML chair K P Sharma Oli in the latter’s stronghold.
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