Kathmandu, March 6 -- The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) is emerging as the frontrunner in Nepal's House of Representatives elections held on March 5, riding on a surge in popularity following the Gen Z-led movement in September, The Himalayan Times reported.

According to The Himalayan Times, preliminary vote counts indicate that the party is leading in multiple constituencies across all seven provinces, with early results showing RSP ahead in at least 44 seats.

In Jhapa-5, Kathmandu Metropolitan City Mayor Balendra Shah, popularly known as Balen, is leading against former prime minister KP Sharma Oli, who is the president of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist). Oli resigned from the position of the Prime Minister of...