Rastriya Swatantra Party's Balen Shah Takes Commanding Lead Over KP Sharma Oli in Jhapa-5 Vote Count

Ratopati March 07, 2026

Rastriya Swatantra Party's Balen Shah Takes Commanding Lead Over KP Sharma Oli in Jhapa-5 Vote Count

Jhapa. The vote counting for Jhapa Constituency No. 5 under the House of Representatives Election 2082 is ongoing. According to the latest released vote tally, senior leader and candidate of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), Balen Shah, has significantly surpassed CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli.

According to the latest details, Balen Shah has secured 34,863 votes, while his closest competitor, KP Sharma Oli, has only received 9,068 votes.

Shah is leading Oli, the UML Chairman, by a massive margin of 25,795 votes.

Meanwhile, the candidate from the Shram Sanskriti Party, Samir Tamang, is in third place, having secured 5,645 votes.

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