11:23 AM, 07-Mar-2026
Nepal Election 2026: RSP takes lead in results of 42 seats
The Election Commission of Nepal has declared the results of 42 seats so far. Of these, Rashtriya Swatantra Party (RSP) has won 32 seats and is now leading in 87 other seats.
Demonstration of major parties
- Rashtriya Swatantra Party (RSP) – 32 seats
- Nepali Congress- 5 seats
- Nepali Communist Party- 2 seats
- CPN-UML- 2 Seats
- Other :- 01
11:16 AM, 07-Mar-2026
RSP’s Dol Prasad Aryal won from Kathmandu-9 seat.
In Kathmandu, Rashtriya Swatantra Party candidate Dol Prasad Aryal won the House of Representatives (Parliament) elections from Kathmandu Constituency No. 9. Aryal is also the party’s vice-chair and coordinator of the Federal Election Mobilization Committee. He defeated his opponent by a huge margin of votes. Dol Prasad Aryal got 35,093 votes, while his main rival, Nepali Congress candidate Nanumaiya Bastola, got only 5,460 votes.
10:20 AM, 07-Mar-2026
Balen Shah’s Rashtriya Swatantra Party took the lead
Rashtriya Swatantra Party has taken the lead in Nepal’s general elections. The party has so far won 28 seats and is leading on a total of 90 seats, putting former mayor and rapper Balen’ Shah very close to victory. Balendra Shah secured a total of 39,284 votes, which is 28,991 votes more than his rival.
Demonstration of major parties
- Rashtriya Swatantra Party (RSP) – 28 seats
- Nepali Congress- 5 seats
- Nepali Communist Party- 2 seats
- CPN-UML- 1 seat
10:08 AM, 07-Mar-2026
Balen Shah’s party achieved a spectacular victory
Former mayor and rapper Balen Shah’s party, Rashtriya Swatantra Party (RSP), has won a landslide victory in the elections held in Kathmandu Valley. This information has been shared by Nepal Election Commission.
#WATCH | Nepal General Elections 2026 | Kathmandu | Former mayor and rapper Balendra ‘Balen’ Shah’s party, Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) has swept the polls in Kathmandu Valley, according to the Election Commission of Nepal.
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— ANI (@ANI) March 7, 2026
09:45 AM, 07-Mar-2026
Balen Shah ahead of Oli
Senior Rashtriya Swatantra Party leader and PM candidate Balen Shah has further increased his lead over CPN-UML president and former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli. According to the latest vote count, Shah has got 39,284 votes, while Oli has got 10,293 votes. As the counting of votes is progressing in the constituency, a big difference is emerging.
09:30 AM, 07-Mar-2026
165 members will be elected
The counting of votes is going on under the first-past-the-post (FPTP) system, through which 165 members of the lower house of Parliament will be elected.
09:02 AM, 07-Mar-2026
Oli’s party lags behind
According to the latest update, RCP is leading in 93 seats, followed by former Prime Minister Oli’s party Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) by winning one seat and leading in 13 seats. While Nepali Congress is ahead in 10 seats. Nepali Communist Party (NCP) is leading in nine areas.
08:59 AM, 07-Mar-2026
Shah got 39,284 votes, Oli got 10,293 votes
Balen Shah, a former mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City, is in a contest between the two prime ministerial candidates in Oli’s traditional political stronghold. According to the counting of votes, Shah has got 39,284 votes, while Oli has got 10,293 votes.
08:53 AM, 07-Mar-2026
Emergence of new party in Nepal elections
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 93 other seats. Whereas, among traditional parties, Nepali Congress has got 5 seats, Nepal Communist Party has got 2 seats and Nepal Communist Party (Unified Marxist-Leninist) has got 1 seat.
08:25 AM, 07-Mar-2026
Shock to traditional parties
Major parties of Nepal have not got success in this election as expected.
- Nepali Congress has won 4 seats so far and is leading on 11.
- Nepal Communist Party (Unified Marxist–Leninist) has got 1 seat and is leading on 11 seats.
- Whereas Nepal Communist Party has won 2 seats and is leading on 10 seats.