Balen Shah wins big in Nepal polls, defeats ex-PM KP Sharma Oli by nearly 50,000 votes
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Balen Shah wins big in Nepal polls, defeats ex-PM KP Sharma Oli by nearly 50,000 votes
Balendra Shah has delivered a stunning political upset by defeating former prime minister KP Sharma Oli by nearly 50,000 votes in Nepal’s high-profile Jhapa-5 constituency, marking one of the most dramatic results of the election.
The young leader of the Rastriya Swatantra Party secured 68,348 votes, while KP Sharma Oli, chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist), received 18,734 votes, according to final election results. The margin of victory stood at 49,614 votes.
The contest in Jhapa-5 had drawn nationwide attention after Balendra Shah was announced as his party’s candidate for the prime minister’s post. His face-off with KP Sharma Oli, one of Nepal’s most powerful political figures, turned the constituency into the centre of national political debate.
KP Sharma Oli had won the same seat in the 2022 parliamentary election, defeating Nepali Congress leader Khagendra Adhikari by more than 28,000 votes.
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