Nepal's Ex-Rapper Wins Landslide Election With Near Two-Thirds Majority

Balendra Shah's Rastriya Swatantra Party has swept Nepal's general election, on course to hold close to a two-thirds parliamentary majority — a remarkable result for a party founded just four years ago. The win marks a wholesale rejection of Nepal's established political parties and hands power to a former rapper turned Kathmandu mayor with an anti-corruption platform.

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