Nepal Election Results 2026 LIVE: Nepal’s electoral system includes 165 seats decided through direct first-past-the-post contests and another 110 through proportional representation. The final results are expected next week.

If the current trends hold, Shah’s campaign could mark one of the most significant political shifts in the country in years. It would also demonstrate the growing power of youth mobilisation and digital campaigning in South Asian politics.

The election comes months after the 2025 protests that saw thousands of young people take to the streets over corruption, unemployment and restrictions on social media. The demonstrations intensified after clashes with police left 19 people, mostly students, dead.

Despite police orders, protesters continued to rally and demanded the resignation of the government led by then-prime minister KP Sharma Oli. On September 12, 2025, former chief justice Sushila Karki was sworn in as interim prime minister — becoming the first woman to hold the post — after days of unrest that left at least 74 people dead and more than 2,000 injured.

Nepal Election Results 2026 LIVE: Rapper-turned-politician Balendra ‘Balen’ Shah’s Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) has emerged as a dominant force, winning 29 seats and leading in 88 constituencies, as of 12 pm on Saturday — signaling a decisive shift away from Nepal’s long-standing political status quo.

Shah is also maintaining a lead over CPN-UML chairman and former prime minister KP Sharma Oli in his home constituency of Jhapa-5. Oli had resigned as prime minister following the Gen Z protests in September 2025.

RSP was also leading Nepal’s proportional representation vote with 35,091 votes – about 57.2 per cent of the 61,399 ballots counted till 12 pm.

Nepal Election Results 2026 LIVE: Shah’s party is widely seen as Gen Z-backed, with his rise closely linked to the wave of youth frustration that fuelled last year’s protests.

A former rapper with a strong social media presence, Shah built a strong following among young urban voters through digital outreach, anti-establishment messaging and sharp criticism of traditional political elites.

Meanwhile, RSP candidate Ranju Neupane (Darshana) was the first to win a parliamentary seat from Kathmandu-1.

Nepal Election Results 2026 LIVE: Rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah’s newly formed Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) was on Saturday heading towards a landslide victory in Nepal’s first general elections since the violent Gen Z protests, shattering the dominance of established political parties.

The RSP has won 34 seats with a clean sweep in all 10 constituencies of Kathmandu district and is leading in another 86 seats in the elections held on Thursday, according to the Election Commission data at 12.30 pm.

The Nepali Congress has secured victory in six seats and is leading in another 10. The Nepali Communist Party has won two seats and is leading in another eight.

The Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) of ousted prime minister K P Sharma Oli has won one seat and is leading in eight.

The Shram Sanskriti Party is leading in four seats while the Rastriya Prajatantra Party in one seat. One seat was won by an independent.

RSP chairman Ravi Lamichhane won with a huge margin from Chitwan-2 constituency, marking his third consecutive victory.

The former home minister secured 54,402 votes against his nearest rival Mina Kumari Kharel from Nepali Congress who received 14,564 votes.

Balendra Shah, who was the mayor of Kathmandu till recently, has secured 42,532 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 11,427 votes so far. (PTI)

Nepal Election Results 2026 LIVE: A quick recap of Nepal elections:

– Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP): 36 seats won, leading in 83

-Nepali Congress: 6 seats won, leading in 9

-CPN-UML: 2 seats won, leading in 9

– Nepali Communist Party: 2 seats won, leading in 8

-Others and independents: 1 seat won, leading in 6

(Source: The Kathmandu Post)

Nepal Election Results 2026 LIVE: RSP is leading Nepal’s proportional representation vote count with 35,091 votes, or about 57.2% of the 61,399 ballots counted so far. The party has already won 25 seats in the first-past-the-post contest and is leading in 93 other constituencies, according to The Kathmandu Post.

Balendra Shah, who recently served as the Mayor of Kathmandu, has secured more than 15,000 votes in Jhapa-5, a constituency long considered the stronghold of four-time prime minister and CPN-UML chairman KP Sharma Oli. Oli has received just 3,300 votes so far.

Nepal Election Results 2026 LIVE: Balendra (Balen) Shah of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) has effectively secured victory in Nepal’s Jhapa constituency-5 after opening an unassailable lead over CPN-UML chairman KP Sharma Oli, even before the official result was declared, according to The Himalyan Times.

Of the 106,372 votes cast in the constituency, only 24,254 votes remain to be counted.

Shah currently leads Oli by 38,065 votes, making it mathematically impossible for the CPN-UML leader to overtake him even if all the remaining votes go in his favour.

Nepal Election Results 2026 LIVE: Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) president Rabi Lamichhane has won the House of Representatives seat in Chitwan Constituency-2 for the third time, securing a decisive victory, according to The Himalyan Times.

According to results announced on Saturday, Lamichhane received 54,402 votes out of the 87,028 ballots counted.

His closest rival, Nepali Congress candidate Mina Kharel, secured 14,564 votes, trailing Lamichhane by a margin of 39,838 votes.

Nepal Election Results 2026 LIVE: Rapper-turned-politician Balendra “Balen” Shah has taken an unassailable lead over former prime minister KP Sharma Oli in the closely watched contest in Nepal’s southeastern district of Jhapa, according to Election Commission data.

Shah has secured more than 47,500 votes, while Oli is trailing with around 12,600.

With about 70 percent of the votes counted, AFP calculations suggest Shah has already crossed the threshold required for victory.

Nepal Election Results 2026 LIVE: Vote counting has begun in most constituencies across Nepal, but it is yet to start in Sankhuwasabha, Mugu and Gorkha-1 due to delays in transporting ballot boxes from remote polling centres, according to The Kathmandu Post.

Election officials said ballot boxes from Sankhuwasabha and Gorkha have now been flown to the counting centres by helicopter.

In Mugu, however, ballot boxes from the Dolphu and Mugugaun polling stations are still being carried on foot to the counting centre after attempts to arrange a helicopter failed, Chief Election Officer Min Bahadur Kunwar said.

Nepal Election Results 2026 LIVE: Govinda Panthi of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) has won the Gulmi-2 seat, defeating CPN-UML candidate Gokarna Bista by a narrow margin of 561 votes.

Panthi secured 16,967 votes, while Bista received 16,406 votes, according to the final tally.

Nepali Congress candidate Bhuwan Prasad Shrestha finished third with 14,434 votes, followed by Nepali Communist Party’s Shreeram Mahat, who polled 3,081 votes.

Nepal Election Results 2026 LIVE: Rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah’s newly formed Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) is heading towards a landslide victory in Nepal’s first general elections since the violent Gen Z protests, signalling a dramatic shift away from the country’s entrenched political establishment.

According to Election Commission data at 12.30 pm on Saturday, the RSP has won 34 seats and is leading in another 86 constituencies in the elections held on Thursday.

The party has also swept all 10 constituencies in Kathmandu district, marking one of its strongest performances and underscoring the scale of support for Shah’s political movement.

Nepal Election Results 2026 LIVE: Here’s how the elections are unfolding:

• The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) continues to dominate Nepal’s first-past-the-post (FPTP) vote count, according to the latest Election Commission tally. RSP has won 32 seats and is leading in 87 constituencies in the 165-member House of Representatives.
• The Nepali Congress has secured six seats and is leading in 10 constituencies, while CPN-UML has won two seats and leads in nine.
• The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) continues to dominate Nepal’s first-past-the-post (FPTP) vote count, according to the latest Election Commission tally. RSP has won 32 seats and is leading in 87 constituencies in the 165-member House of Representatives.
• The Nepali Communist Party has also won two seats and is ahead in seven constituencies.
• Other parties and independents together have won one seat and are leading in eight constituencies.
• In the proportional representation vote count, RSP is also ahead with 46,047 votes out of 84,092 ballots counted so far — about 54.8%.
• The Nepali Congress is second with 14,332 votes, followed by CPN-UML with 8,610 votes. (Source: The Kathmandu Post)

Nepal Election Results 2026 LIVE: Balen Shah can potentially become Nepal’s next prime minister. His Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) has emerged as a dominant force, winning 29 seats and leading in 88 constituencies.

If RSP wins a majority of the 275 seats in parliament, or manages to form a coalition with other parties that crosses the majority mark, Shah could be elected prime minister by the House.

Nepal Election Results 2026 LIVE: Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) candidate Sulabh Kharel has won the Rupandehi-2 seat, defeating CPN-UML vice-chairman Bishnu Paudel by a wide margin, according to the final vote count, according to The Kathmandu Post.

Kharel secured 56,550 votes in the constituency, while Paudel received 12,861 votes. Paudel had won the seat in the previous election.

Nepali Congress candidate Chunna Prasad Paudel finished third with 9,392 votes.

Nepal Election Results 2026 LIVE: Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) leader and prime ministerial candidate Balendra “Balen” Shah has taken a commanding lead over former prime minister KP Sharma Oli in Nepal’s Jhapa-5 constituency, according to the latest vote count.

Election Commission figures show Shah with 39,284 votes, far ahead of CPN-UML chair Oli, who has secured 10,293 votes.

Shram Sanskriti Party’s Samir Tamang is in third place with 6,324 votes, followed by Nepali Congress candidate Mandhara Chimariya with 1,096 votes.

Among other candidates, Nepali Communist Party’s Ranjit Tamang has received 941 votes, while Rastriya Prajatantra Party’s Laxmi Prasad Sangraula has secured 861 votes.

The Election Commission said 62,100 votes have been counted so far in Jhapa-5, including 59,551 valid ballots and 2,549 invalid votes.

Nepal Election Results 2026 LIVE: Here’s how the elections are unfolding:

• Rapper-turned-politician Balen Shah’s Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) is leading Nepal’s proportional representation vote count with 35,091 votes, or about 57.2% of the 61,399 ballots counted so far. The party has already won 25 seats in the first-past-the-post contest and is leading in 93 other constituencies.

• The Nepali Congress is in second place with 10,527 votes (around 17%).

• The CPN-UML follows with 5,191 votes.

• The pro-monarchy Rastriya Prajatantra Party has secured 4,525 votes.

• The Nepali Communist Party and Shram Sanskriti Party have received 1,911 and 1,401 votes respectively.

• Smaller parties, including the Rastriya Pariwartan Party and Nepal Majdoor Kisan Party, each account for less than 2% of the early vote count.

Nepal Election Results 2026 LIVE: Nepal’s federal Parliament is a bicameral legislature made up of the House of Representatives (HoR) and the National Assembly (NA). The HoR has 275 members -165 elected through the first-past-the-post system and 110 through proportional representation.

In the House of Representatives, a simple majority requires 138 seats, while a two-thirds majority stands at 184 seats. In the National Assembly, a two-thirds majority requires 40 members. If both houses meet in a joint session, a two-thirds majority would require the support of 223 lawmakers.

A two-thirds majority in the HoR grants significant powers to a party or coalition.

1. Under Article 91(6)(c), the House can remove the Speaker or Deputy Speaker for failing to conduct themselves appropriately if two-thirds of members support the motion. 2.
2. The HoR can also impeach and remove top officials, including the chief justice, Supreme Court judges, members of the Judicial Council and heads of constitutional bodies – through a two-thirds vote.

Nepal Election Results 2026 LIVE Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) candidate Rukesh Ranjit has defeated veteran leader Prem Suwal of the Nepal Majdoor Kishan Party in Bhaktapur-1, according to The Kathmandu Post.

Ranjit secured 33,436 votes, while Suwal finished with 28,147.

Suwal had held the seat for several terms and won the 2022 election by a margin of around 30,000 votes, making Ranjit’s victory a significant political shift in the constituency.

Nepal Election Results 2026 LIVE: At 35, Balendra “Balen” Shah has emerged as a key contender for Nepal’s prime ministership after rapidly rising from a political outsider to one of the country’s most influential figures.

Shah first gained public recognition in 2013 through the rap battle league Raw Barz, but his political rise was carefully planned.

He spent nearly two and a half years quietly preparing for his mayoral campaign before launching his successful run.

Now, four years later, the 35-year-old is no longer just a local political figure but a serious national contender.

Nepal Election Results 2026 LIVE: The Election Commission said vote counting began on Friday.

Some polling stations are located in remote mountain villages that can only be reached after days of hiking, prompting authorities to use helicopters to transport ballot boxes to counting centres, according to The Associated Press.

Election officials said results are expected by the weekend, with voter turnout estimated at around 60%.

Nepal Election Results 2026 LIVE: Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) candidate Amresh Kumar Singh has extended his lead in Sarlahi Constituency No. 4, securing 9,037 votes so far. Nepali Congress president Gagan Kumar Thapa trails with 5,828 votes, while CPN-UML’s Amnish Kumar Yadav has 1,422 votes and Janamat Party’s Rakesh Kumar Mishra has 513 votes.

Vote counting is still underway, but Singh currently leads by 3,209 votes.

Nepal Election Results 2026 LIVE: Rapper-turned-politician Balen Shah’s Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) is gaining a strong lead in Nepal’s election, with several senior leaders from traditional parties trailing in key constituencies.

Nepali Congress president Gagan Thapa is behind RSP’s Amresh Kumar Singh in Sarlahi-4, while former prime minister KP Sharma Oli is trailing Shah in Jhapa-5 by an even wider margin.

Among the leaders of Nepal’s traditional “Big Three” parties, only Nepal Communist Party coordinator Pushpa Kamal Dahal has secured a win, taking the Rukum East-1 seat — a region considered the heartland of the Maoist rebellion — as the RSP’s surge creates a wave across the country.

Nepal Election Results 2026 LIVE: • The election pits long-established mainstream parties against a relatively new political force that many believe could emerge as the front runner. Read here for more

• It will determine whether veteran leaders who have dominated Nepal’s politics for decades remain relevant or if a younger generation of leaders takes charge.

• The vote is seen as unusual because Nepal’s constitution does not normally allow snap elections, but one became necessary after the political crisis in September.

• The interim government formation and the dissolution of Parliament were carried out through special provisions outside the usual constitutional framework.

• According to political analyst Krishna Khanal, the key expectation from the election is that it will help bring Nepal’s constitutional system back on track.