00:00Nepalese rapper and former Kathmandu mayor Balin Rashah is on track to win a landslide majority in parliament
00:07after his Rastriya Swatantra party or RSP swept last week's elections.
00:13The 35-year-old defeated former Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli in his parliamentary constituency,
00:19paving the way to become the country's next Prime Minister.
00:26After 275 parliamentary seats up for grabs, 184 are needed to secure a two-thirds majority.
00:33Sharma's RSP has won 124 of the 165 seats decided by direct voting,
00:39and 58 of the 110 seats allocated through proportional representation.
00:45That puts the party just two seats short of the two-thirds threshold.
00:49If confirmed, it would be the first time in decades that a single party has secured a parliamentary majority in
00:55Nepal.
00:56The country's dual voting system has long made it difficult for any one party to win outright.
01:02The March 5 vote came months after deadly protests toppled Oli's government last year.
01:08The demonstrations had been led largely by Gen Z,
01:11fuelled by anger over elite rule, nepotism, corruption and inequality.
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