India, March 6 -- Rapper-turned politician Balendra Shah's Rastriya Swatantra Party was poised for a landslide victory in Nepal with two-thirds majority in first general elections since the Gen-Z protest last September.

Former prime minister KP Sharma Oli, against whom the widespread protests centred, lost his home turf, Jhapa-5, with a wide margin against the rapper-turned politician.

Shah's Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) was leading in 108 seats, far ahead of its rivals Nepali Congress, which was at 13 seats and the CPN-UML at 14, according to the data by The Kathmandu Post

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