KATHMANDU: Nepal’s centrist RSP occasion of rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah received a majority in parliament with 182 seats, Election Fee outcomes confirmed Thursday (Mar 12).
The March 5 vote elected a brand new 275-member Home of Representatives, the decrease home of parliament, with 165 seats chosen instantly and 110 via 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 stated in a press release.
In direct elections, RSP received 125 of the 165, and secured one other 57 in PR votes, leaving them solely two seats wanting securing a robust two-thirds majority.
The Nepali Congress, which was the most important occasion within the final parliament, secured 38 seats and the Marxists of now-defeated KP Sharma Oli trailing with 25 seats. The Maoists have seven seats.
“A letter has been despatched to the involved political events as we speak to pick out the names of the candidates, and submit them to the Fee inside three days,” Bhattarai stated.
The vote was the primary since lethal September 2025 youth anti-corruption protests toppled the federal government.
