Balendra Shah’s RSP occasion of wins majority: Nepal Election Fee

Nepal’s centrist Rastriya Swatantra Get together (RSP), the occasion of rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah, received a majority in parliament with 182 seats, Election Fee outcomes confirmed Thursday (March 12, 2026).

The March 5 vote elected a brand new 275-member Home of Representatives, the decrease home of Parliament, with 165 seats chosen straight and 110 by means of a proportional illustration vote.

“The counting of votes for the election of members of the Home of Representatives… has been accomplished,” Election Fee spokesman Narayan Prasad Bhattarai mentioned in an announcement.

In direct elections, RSP received 125 of the 165, and secured one other 57 in PR votes, leaving them solely two seats in need of securing a robust two-thirds majority.

The Nepali Congress, which was the most important occasion within the final parliament, secured 38 seats, with the Marxists of now-defeated Ok.P. Sharma Oli trailing with 25 seats. The Maoists have seven seats.

“A letter has been despatched to the involved political events at present to pick out the names of the candidates and submit them to the Fee inside three days,” Mr. Bhattarai mentioned.

The vote was the primary since lethal September 2025 youth anti-corruption protests toppled the federal government.

The demonstrations, below a free Gen Z banner, started over a quick social media ban however shortly tapped into broader grievances over corruption and a struggling financial system.

Mr. Shah himself defeated veteran four-time Prime Minister Ok.P. Sharma Oli — whose Marxist-led authorities was ousted within the violence final 12 months — in his personal seat.

His victory over the 74-year-old Oli and his rise from the capital’s Mayor to anticipated Prime Minister, caps a daring gamble and mark one of the dramatic ends in latest Nepali politics.