Rastriya Swatantra Party election candidate Balendra Shah arrives at a polling station to vote during Nepal's parliamentary election in Kathmandu on March 5, 2026. Reporter In the wake of the Gen Z ...

Shah's party represents a reformist wave reshaping the Himalayan nation's politics since last year’s youth-led uprising.

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Balendra Shah’s party won a landslide in the election that followed Nepal’s Gen Z revolution. His style is pugnacious.

Once dismissed as a political novice, the former Kathmandu mayor is now on track to become Nepal’s next prime minister.

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Votes counted so far show Balendra Shah and his Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) are on track to win the general election.