The 35-year-old’s RSP was also leading in proportional representation vote, according to results declared and election commission trends. Rastriya Swatantra Party election candidate Balendra Shah, seated, center, waits to collect a certificate for his victory in parliamentary elections at the counting center in Damak in Nepal’s Jhapa District on Saturday. Elections on Thursday chose a new 275-member Nepalese House of Representatives, the lower house of parliament, with 185 seats chosen directly, and 110 by a proportional representation vote. Trends showed that Shah’s RSP was also leading in 27 of the remaining 40 constituencies in the direct elections. In the proportional representation vote, the RSP were leading with nearly half of the counted votes — but final results could take several more days.

Source: Taipei Times March 08, 2026 16:07 UTC