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Counting of general elections continues in Nepal. Initial trends have come for 165 seats. Rapper and former mayor of Kathmandu Balen Shah’s Rashtriya Swatantra Party (RSP) has emerged as the largest party.
RSP has won 23 seats so far, while it is leading on 95. This party was formed just 4 years ago by Rabi Lamichhane, a journalist.
Whereas former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s party CPN-UML has won only 1 seat so far, while it is ahead on 12 seats.
KP Oli himself is trailing Balen Shah by 25 thousand votes on Jhapa-5 seat. He has got only 10 thousand votes, whereas Balen Shah has got more than 39 thousand votes. Oli had won the 2017 and 2022 elections from Jhapa-5 seat.
After the violent protests in September last year, 58% people cast their votes in the elections held on March 5. It is expected to take 3 to 4 days to complete the counting of votes. The Election Commission has said that efforts will be made to complete the counting by March 9.
Nepal election results so far…
| the party | Victory | edge |
| National Freedom Party | 23 | 95 |
| Nepali Congress | 5 | 9 |
| CPN UML | 1 | 12 |
| Nepali Communist Party (NCP) | 2 | 9 |
| Other | 0 | 5 |
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Supporters of Rashtriya Swatantra Party (RSP) raise slogans outside the Election Commission on Friday, ahead of the announcement of Nepal’s general election results.
Supporters of the Rashtriya Swatantra Party (RSP) gathered outside the Election Commission on Friday ahead of the announcement of Nepal’s general election results.
Supporters of Rashtriya Swatantra Party (RSP) ring the party’s election symbol ‘bell’ outside the Election Commission during the announcement of Nepal’s general election results on Friday.
To know the updates of Nepal election results, go through the live blog below…
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8 minutes ago
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Balen ahead by 29,000 votes in Jhapa-5
The seat of Jhapa Constituency-5 of Nepal was the most discussed in this election. According to the latest data of vote counting here, Rashtriya Swatantra Party (RSP) candidate Balen Shah is maintaining a big lead.
Balen has received 39,284 votes so far, while CPN-UML president and former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has received 10,293 votes. That means Balen is leading by almost four times more votes than Oli.
According to reports, around 62,100 votes have been counted so far on this seat. A total of more than one lakh votes were cast here.
Both Balen Shah and KP Sharma Oli are being considered as possible candidates for the post of Prime Minister from their respective parties.
20 minutes ago
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China congratulates Nepal for successfully conducting elections
China has congratulated Nepal for successfully conducting elections. “We are pleased that Nepal is smoothly pursuing its political agenda,” a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said in a media briefing. He said that being a neighbour, China values its relations with Nepal.
25 minutes ago
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Nepal’s ‘Light Man’ Kulman Ghising loses elections
Bright Nepal Party president and former energy minister Kulman Ghisingh has lost the election. He was considered a contender for the post of PM.
Ghisingh is called the ‘Light Man’ of Nepal. He was given this title for improving the electricity system across the country.
He stood second in the election. He was defeated by Raju Nath Pandey of Rashtriya Swatantra Party (RSP) by 7,586 votes. He was contesting from Kathmandu-3 seat.
32 minutes ago
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Balen Shah supporters celebrating on the streets
Balen Shah’s Rashtriya Swatra Party (RSP) is close to victory. Party supporters are seen celebrating.
35 minutes ago
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Former PM Pushp Kamal Dahal Prachanda won
Former Prime Minister of Nepal Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ is also among the few big leaders who were successful in winning this election. He has won the election for the fifth consecutive time.
He has been elected to the House of Representatives from Rukum East-1 seat. He won this seat by 10,240 votes.
His nearest rival was Leelamani Gautam of CPN-UML, who received 3,462 votes.
Prachanda was the coordinator in the Nepal Communist Party (NCP), formed after the merger of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) and the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist) and this party won this seat.
However, apart from his party, other traditional political parties like Nepali Congress and CPN-UML had a weak performance in this election.
43 minutes ago
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Balen Shah’s party close to victory
According to the latest data of the Election Commission, Balen Shah’s party (RSP) has so far won 23 seats, while it is leading in 95 other seats.
44 minutes ago
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Oli behind by 29 thousand votes
Balen Shah, a former mayor of Kathmandu, is in the race between the two prime ministerial candidates in Oli’s political stronghold. According to the counting of votes, Shah has got 39,284 votes, while Oli has got 10,293 votes. He is behind by about 29 thousand votes.
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