Nepal Election 2026:As counting is still underway in Nepal, rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah’s Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) is inching towards ahistoric victoryin the 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 has maintained a commanding lead in Nepal’s proportional representation vote count on Saturday.

Nepal follows a mixed electoral system, under which 165 members of the House of Representatives are elected through the first-past-the-post system. The remaining 110 are chosen through proportional representation.

RSP On Cusp Of Historic Victory

So far, the RSP has clinched victory in 78 seats, and is leading in 44 others, shattering the dominance of parties who have reigned over Nepal’s political battleground for decades . The Nepali Congress and KP Sharma Oli’s Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) – CPN-UML – lagged far behind, with 12 and five seats respectively.

The RSP has also dominated key constituencies across the Kathmandu Valley, consolidating its position as the leading force in the elections and reflecting widespread voter support.

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According toThe Himalayan Times,projections indicate that the party is set to win 183 of the 275 seats in the House of Representatives, just short of a two-thirds majority. If this is true, the RSP would form a government entirely on its own, bringing an end to the coalition politics that have frequently destabilised Nepal’s governance.

This would also mark a dramatic realignment of political power in Nepal’s democratic history, where a party that contested its first general election in 2022 is poised to form the government alone while major parties have reduced to a fraction of their strength.

The election results have fared worse for former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, who was ousted in last year’s elections. Oli was defeated by Balendra Shah in Jhapa-5 constituency by a massive margin of 49,614 votes.

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