RSP Leads in 41 Seats; KP Oli Trails Balendra Shah

2 min readKathmanduMar 6, 2026 09:24 AM Early trends in the counting in 52 of the 165 constituencies under the First past the Post system show that the Rastriya Swatantra Party appears poised for a clear victory in the general elections held yesterday.
The House of Representatives, with 275 seats, has 165 seats under the First past the Post category, and the remaining 110 are to be filled through the Proportional Representation system.
K P Oli, who has served four terms as Prime Miner and heads the Commun Party of Nepal–Unified Marx Lenin, is trailing Balendra Shah in early counting in Jhapa-5.
While Oli has secured 400-plus votes, Shah was leading with over 1,800 votes.
Available early trends show that out of the 52 constituencies where counting has been taken up, the RSP was leading in 41, the UML in five, and the Nepali Congress and the Nepali Commun Party in two each.
Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda, formerly a Mao leader and now the convener of the NCP, has established an early lead in Rukum-5. Similarly, RSP chief Rabi Lamichhane is leading in Chitwan-2.
In the capital valley, the RSP was leading in 14 of the 15 seats where counting is in progress.