A new Nepali party led by an ex-rapper is set for a landslide win in parliamentary election
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Balendra Shah, foreground, former mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City and prime ministerial candidate of the Rastriya Swatantra Party, receives his victory certificate after defeating former Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli of the Communist Party of NepalUnified Marxist-Leninist (CPN-UML) in Jhapa, about 267 miles (430 kilometers) southeast of Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Umesh Karki)Election official count votes at a counting center for parliamentary election in Lalitpur, Nepal, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)Police stand guard at the door as vote counting takes place, at a counting center for the parliamentary election in Lalitpur, Nepal, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)Photos of people who died in last year's deadly anti-corruption Gen Z protest are placed on the gate of the parliament building in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
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Balendra Shah, foreground, former mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City and prime ministerial candidate of the Rastriya Swatantra Party, receives his victory certificate after defeating former Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli of the Communist Party of NepalUnified Marxist-Leninist (CPN-UML) in Jhapa, about 267 miles (430 kilometers) southeast of Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Umesh Karki)