Nepal’s rapper-Balen Shah, who is going to shine on the throne of power by becoming the apple of ‘Gen-G”s eyes.
Amrit Thoughts: Nepal did wonders. The ‘apple’ of Jen-ji’s eyes, rapper-turned-politician Balen Shah (Balendra Shah) has reached the throne of power. This is the first general election after the public revolt in September last year. In which Balendra Shah’s Rashtriya Swatantra Party (RSP) is leading on 119 seats.
The head of Rashtriya Swatantra Party is Ravi Lamichhane, who has been a TV journalist. Ravi Lamichhane and Balendra Shah came together after the public rebellion in September 2025 last year. Balen Shah is commanding the RSP election campaign and this is the reason why RSP is emerging as the largest party in the country.
Balendra Shah is the mayor of Kathmandu. Balendra Shah, who started his career as a rapper, had emerged as Gen-G’s favorite in Jan Vidroh 2025 last year.
That movement had ousted the then KP Sharma Oli government of Nepal from power. About 77 Nepalese civilians were killed amid huge uproar, arson and vandalism.
Ultimately KP Sharma Oli had to resign. Ultimately, Sushila Karki, former Chief Justice of Nepal, was elected the interim Prime Minister.
Interim PM Sushila Karki had promised the people of Nepal to hold general elections in six months and in this sequence, this election is being held – in which Gen-Ji’s choice is once again coming forward in the form of Balen Shah.
How is Nepal government elected?
The Nepali Parliament is called the House of Representatives. It has 275 seats. And 275 MPs are elected. Nepal’s electoral system is quite different from India. There is a mixed electoral system here.
Meaning, every voter has the right to cast two votes. One vote is cast to elect the MP and the other vote is cast for the party. Meaning, along with voting for the MP, one also has to vote for the party.
Which MPs are directly elected?
165 MPs are directly elected in Nepal. And 110 MPs are elected from the votes received by the parties. Meaning, the party which gets votes, its MPs are selected according to the same basis. Votes were cast in the general elections for the House of Representatives in Nepal on 5 March.
This time 58 percent voting
This time in Nepal elections, there has been much less voting as compared to previous elections. 58 percent votes were cast in 77 districts. More than 1.89 crore voters were registered for the elections here. 61.63 percent votes were cast here in the last 2022 elections.
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