From hip hop to governance, Nepal PM-designate's real test to start later this week - Yes Punjab News Nepal’s RSP is set to elect Balendra Shah as parliamentary leader after a sweeping election win, reshaping the country’s political future.

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Old parties crumble as RSP heads for two-thirds majority Voters’ frustration with decades of instability and corruption fuels sweeping mandates, raising hopes for political stability and economic reforms.

"Nepal’s traditional political parties faced a dramatic collapse as a wave led by rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah...powered the [RSP] towards a historic two-thirds majority..., a result not seen...in nearly seven decades." #NepalElection2026

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@barackobama.bsky.social referred to the 2010 midterm elections as a "shellacking"

#Nepal will refer #Election2026 as "Pattasafing" (पत्तासाफिङ )

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Maybe the best thing about #NepalElection2026 thus far is how peaceful it's been. Very few incidents reported across the country.

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Nepali Times' Sonia Awale has the score:

Five possible scenarios for election outcome, and what they could mean for new government and Nepal’s future.

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Nepal conducts a largely peaceful parliamentary election. Leaders from a number of political parties praise the interim government.
Many had doubted whether it could be done on schedule and others feared large-scale violence, disruptions.
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I'm glad to be back in Kathmandu, covering #NepalElection2026, called by interim govt after the GenZ uprising of Sept 8-9. Polls have closed here on this Election Day, turnout reported to be large, voting overwhelmingly peaceful.

Here's Singha Durbar yesterday, armored vehicle inside the gate.

While early trends are likely to start emerging by ​Friday, a complete result could take ​a week as ⁠counting of proportional representation votes would take time, Reuters quoted Election Commission officials as saying.

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Artists, journalists, and others seem to find it quite satisfying to cast their vote for the person they like, whereas going around writing and speaking in favor or against this or that person feels rather tiresome.
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