New Delhi, March 13 -- It's official. The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), formed less than four years ago, has won Nepal's general elections by a landslide. The party's candidate, Balendra Shah, a former rapper, is set to become the next prime minister of the Himalayan nation.

Shah's RSP won 182 seats in the 275-member parliament, Nepal's Election Commission said on Thursday, 12 March. This is the largest majority of any party in more than six decades, the officials said.

The March 5 election was the Himalayan nation's first vote since demonstrations against corruption last September led by Gen Z protesters that killed 77 people and toppled the government led by Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli.

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