Kathmandu, March 6: The counting of votes continues following the parliamentary elections held in Nepal on March 5. According to local media, the National Independent Party is leading in 35 out of 43 seats in the initial count. Balendra Shah, the party’s candidate for Prime Minister, is ahead of former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli in the Jhapa-5 constituency of eastern Nepal, as the RSP has gained an early advantage in the national elections.
Former mayor of Kathmandu, Balendra Shah, is competing against Oli in a traditional political stronghold. Early vote counts from the online portal Ekantipur show Shah receiving 1,478 votes, while Oli has garnered only 385 votes.
In addition to Shah’s lead, the RSP is also making significant strides in the early vote counts. The party aims to dismantle the decades-long dominance of traditional political parties in Nepal.
As per the latest updates, the RCP is leading in 39 electoral areas, followed by the Nepali Congress, which is ahead in three areas. The Nepal Communist Party (NCP) is leading in two areas, while Oli’s party, the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist), has not secured a lead in any area.
The vote counting is being conducted under the First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) system, which will elect 165 members to the lower house of parliament. An additional 110 members will be elected through a proportional representation system to form the 275-member lower house.
Initial results indicate that the dominance of the three major political parties—the Nepali Congress, CPN-UML, and the Nepal Communist Party—may be coming to an end. These parties were formed after the merger of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) and the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist).
This election marks the first since the Gen-Z protests in September last year, which led to the collapse of the coalition government led by then-Prime Minister KP Oli. There is a growing sentiment among the people of Nepal that the country has been lagging due to traditional parties and their leadership, which sparked the strong opposition from the Gen-Z movement.
Approximately six months after the Gen-Z protests, Nepal is witnessing general elections. This context has contributed to the poor performance of traditional political parties in the early results, while the RSP is showing promising results under the leadership of former media personality Rabi Lamichhane.
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