RSP's Balen Shah Takes Commanding Lead Over KP Sharma Oli in Jhapa-5 Constituency

Ratopati March 07, 2026

RSP's Balen Shah Takes Commanding Lead Over KP Sharma Oli in Jhapa-5 Constituency

Jhapa. Senior leader of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), Balen Shah, is heading towards a spectacular victory in Jhapa Constituency Number 5. He has surpassed his closest rival and CPN-UML Chairman, KP Sharma Oli, by more than 31,000 votes.

Shah has secured 42,543 votes, while Oli is limited to 11,427 votes. Similarly, Mandhara Chimariya of the Nepali Congress has garnered 1,202 votes, and Ranjit Tamang of the Communist Party of Nepal has failed to reach even 1,000 votes.

Samir Tamang of the Shram Sanskriti Party is in third place here, securing 7,107 votes.

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