Trending Now - Rapper Balendra Shah's Party Wins Nepal's Post-revolt Election

WHO:

Balendra Shah, rapper-turned-politician, leader of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP)

Nepali Congress party

Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

Election commission of Nepal

WHAT:

The Rastriya Swatantra Party won 182 seats in the 275-member House of Representatives.

The RSP secured 125 directly elected seats and 57 seats through proportional representation.

The Nepali Congress party came in second with 38 seats.

Balendra Shah is the RSP’s prime ministerial candidate.

WHERE:

Kathmandu, Nepal

House of Representatives, Nepal

WHEN:

The election results were published on Thursday, March 12th, 2026.

The RSP was founded in 2022.

The youth-led revolt occurred in 2025.

WHY:

The election was the first since last year’s (2025) youth-led revolt against corruption and poor governance.

Protests were triggered by a social media ban, leading to a popular revolt against the government.

HOW:

Voters directly elected 165 members to the House of Representatives, with the remaining 110 seats allocated through a proportional representation system.

The election commission will ask political parties to provide names for the proportional representation seats, which will then be reported to the president.

(UPDATED March 13, 2026 13:21 UTC)

In a significant political shift in Nepal, the Rastriya Swatantra Party, led by rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah, won 182 seats in the 275-member House of Representatives, with 125 of those being directly elected. The election results, published last Thursday, show the Nepali Congress party trailing in second place with just 38 seats, marking the first election since last year's youth-led revolt against corruption and poor governance. Voters directly elected 165 members, while the election commission will now request names from political parties for the remaining proportional representation seats.