Nepal General Election 2026 Results Live: Rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah’s newly formed Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) was on Friday heading towards a sweeping victory in Nepal’s first general elections since the violent Gen Z protests, shattering the dominance of established political parties in the politically fragile nation.
According to the Election Commission’s data available from 161 of the total 165 constituencies, the RSP has won six seats and is ahead in 110 others, local media reported.
Balendra Shah, who was the Mayor of Kathmandu till recently, 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. Oli has received just 3,300 votes so far.
Popularly known as ‘Balen’, the 35-year-old engineer is expected to be the next prime minister of Nepal, reflecting a public mood of rejection of established parties. Nepal has had 14 governments in the last 18 years.