What kind of moment: Politics·, Parliamentary election
2026 Nepalese general election: Rastriya Swatantra Party wins a majority
Voters went to the polls on 5 March 2026. Balen Shah became Prime Minister. Rabi Lamichhane's Rastriya Swatantra Party won a majority, 182 of 275 seats. Gagan Thapa's Nepali Congress came second with 38.
Seats:
275 seats in the House of Representatives
Turnout:
59.08%
138 for a majority
The result
Seats, change and vote share as the results table of 2026 Nepalese general election gives them; the change is against the seats it lists for the previous election.
Readers: each leader's busiest day around the vote, against their own usual readership. A leader the record names whose busiest day falls in the vote's days was read for the vote.
Party and leaderChangeVoteReaders vs usualSeats
The small line: each leader's readers over these days. The figure: their busiest day against usual.
1Rastriya Swatantra PartyRabi Lamichhane▲ +171.3 seats171.3 more than last time182 seats
2Nepali CongressGagan Kumar Thapa▲ +12.29 seats12.29 more than last time38 seats
3Communist Party of NepalKP Sharma Oli▼ −1.95 seats1.95 fewer than last time10× usual25 seats
KP Sharma Oli: readers a day, peak 7.4K on 7 Mar · 10× usual
182 Rastriya Swatantra Party38 Nepali Congress25 Communist Party of Nepal
Voting for all 275 seats in the House of Representatives.
WFrom Wikipedia
Early general elections were held in Nepal on 5 March 2026 to elect the 275 members of the House of Representatives as announced on 12 September 2025 by the President of Nepal, on the recommendation of the government of Nepal.
