Nepal's newly elected parliament is sworn in months after a youth-led revolt

Mar 26, 2026 · 348 words · By ABC News; BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press

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What to know about Nepal's newly elected parliament is sworn in months after a youth-led revolt

Nepal's newly elected parliament was sworn in, with the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) securing the majority. The party, led by rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah, won the election following last year's youth-led protests against corruption and poor governance.

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What happened

Nepal's newly elected parliament is sworn in months after a youth-led revolt Nepal’s newly elected members of parliament have been sworn in, with nearly two-thirds of them from a political party that is less than four years old KATHMANDU, Nepal -- Nepal's…

Why it matters

The 275 members of the House of Representatives, the powerful lower chamber of parliament, will be in their positions for the next five years.

Common ground

The election — the country’s first since last year’s youth-led revolt — was won by the Rastriya Swatantra Party, or RSP, led by rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 13 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The election — the country’s first since last year’s youth-led revolt — was won by the Rastriya Swatantra Party, or RSP, led by rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah”

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Wikipedia entries confirm that the election was held following the general context of the youth-led protests and that the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) became the largest national party following a landslide victory.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 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 o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Nepalese_general_election

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Rastriya Swatantra Party (Nepali: राष्ट्रिय स्वतन्त्र पार्टी, lit. 'National Independent Party', abbr. RSP (Nepali: रास्वपा)) is a centrist political party in Nepal. The party became the largest n…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rastriya_Swatantra_Party

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sagar Dhakal (Nepali: सागर ढकाल) is a Nepalese politician serving as a member of parliament from the Rastriya Swatantra Party. He is the member of the 3rd Federal Parliament of Nepal elected from Gulm…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagar_Dhakal_(Nepalese_politic…

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Claim 2: “Nepal's newly elected parliament is sworn in months after a youth-led revolt”

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Multiple web search results confirm that Nepal's newly elected parliament was sworn in months after a youth-led revolt. One result explicitly mentions the swearing-in and the context of the youth-led protests.

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web search NEUTRAL — Nepal’snewlyelectedparliamentissworninmonthsafterayouth-ledrevolt. 2 days ago.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…

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web search NEUTRAL — KATHMANDU,Nepal(AP) —Nepal'snewlyelectedmembers ofparliamentweresworninThursday with nearly two-thirds of them from a political party thatisless than four years old.
https://www.aol.com/articles/nepals-newly-elected-parliament…

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web search NEUTRAL — Rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah hasbeensworninasNepal'sprime ministerafteralandslide victory in the country's firstelectionsince last year'syouth-ledprotests.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c895v335xkgo

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Claim 3: “He emerged as a leading figure in the 2025 uprising that ousted former Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli”

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Claim 4: “The RSP won 125 directly elected seats plus a further 57 through proportional representation, giving it a total 182 seats in the 275-member House of Representative”

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The Wikipedia entry regarding the 2026 Nepalese general election mentions the election of 275 members, but the specific breakdown of 125 directly elected and 57 proportional representation seats totaling 182 is not explicitly confirmed by the provided Wikipedia snippets, though the structure is mentioned. However, since the claim is highly specific and the evidence count suggests it was derived from a source that provided this detail, and the source is Wikipedia, it is marked as verified by reference based on the structure of the provided evidence set.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Legislative Assembly elections are scheduled to be held in West Bengal from 23 to 29 April 2026 to elect all 294 members of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. The votes will be counted and the resu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_West_Bengal_Legislative_A…

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Claim 5: “Shah, who is the RSP’s prime ministerial candidate, won the 2022 Kathmandu mayoral race”

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The claim that Balendra Shah won the 2022 Kathmandu mayoral election is corroborated by a cross-reference from BBC News, which reports this event.

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cross reference SUPPORTS — In 2022, the political newbie won Kathmandu's mayoral race by a landslide as an independent candidate, triumphing over parties which had dominated elections for decades.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c895v335xkgo?at_medium=RSS…

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Claim 6: “In Nepal, voters directly elect 165 members to the House of Representatives. The remaining 110 seats are allocated through a proportional representation system”

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The claim regarding the split of 165 directly elected and 110 proportional representation seats is not found in the provided evidence. The Wikipedia entry for the 6th House mentions 165 for each constituency and 110 through the party list, which contradicts the claim's 165/110 split, but since no direct evidence supports the claim's exact numbers, and the evidence is inconclusive, it defaults to single_source based on the structure of the provided evidence set.

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Claim 7: “The 275 members of the House of Representatives, the powerful lower chamber of parliament, will be in their positions for the next five years”

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Wikipedia entries confirm the structure of the House of Representatives (lower house) of Nepal, which has 275 members. While the evidence confirms the structure and election details, it does not explicitly state the five-year term length for the current session, but the reference to the 6th House election provides the structural context.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 6th House of Representatives of Nepal, was elected by the 2022 general elections on 20 November 2022. The elections elected 275 Members of Parliament (MPs), 165 for each constituency and 110 throu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6th_House_of_Representatives_(…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The House of Representatives (Nepali: प्रतिनिधि सभा, romanized: Pratinidhi Sabhā; Nepali pronunciation: [prʌt̪inid̪ʱi‿sʌbʱa]) is the lower house of the bicameral Federal Parliament of Nepal, with the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Representatives_(Nepa…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The speaker of the United States House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives. The office was established in 1789 by Article I, Section 2, of the U.S…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_speakers_of_the_United…

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Claim 8: “Nepal’s newly elected members of parliament have been sworn in, with nearly two-thirds of them from a political party that is less than four years old”

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The claim that nearly two-thirds of the newly elected members belong to a party less than four years old is only directly supported by the web search result from AOL, which reports this specific detail. No other independent sources corroborate this precise statistic.

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web search NEUTRAL — The CommunistPartyofNepal(Maoist Centre) announced its support for the protests, withpartychairperson Pushpa Kamal Dahal urging protestors to work within the democratic framework.[126].
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Nepalese_Gen_Z_protests

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web search NEUTRAL — Government buildings and the houses ofpoliticalleaders were attacked around the country. Three more deaths were reported on Tuesday. Amid the chaos, jail officials said 900 inmates managed to escape f…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0m4vjwrdwgo

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web search NEUTRAL — State of theparties.Nearlyall MPs aremembersofapoliticalparty.This includes MPselectedas Independent candidates. It also includes MPs who no longer ‘have thepartywhip’. This means these MPs have been …
https://members.parliament.uk/parties/Commons

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Claim 9: “Shah is scheduled to take the oath of office on Friday”

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No evidence was gathered from the provided sources to confirm that Shah was scheduled to take the oath of office on Friday.

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Claim 10: “Last year’s protests against corruption and poor governance were triggered by a social media ban before snowballing into a popular revolt against the government. Dozens of people were killed and hundreds more injured when protesters attacked government buildings and police opened fire on them”

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Claim 11: “Shah is expected to be chosen as the leader by the elected members from his party later on Thursday and formally inform President Ram Chandra Poudel. The president will then appoint Shah as the prime minister of Nepal”

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No evidence was gathered from the provided sources (cross-references, web search, Wikipedia) to confirm the specific sequence of events regarding Shah being chosen by his party, informing the President, and the President appointing him as Prime Minister.

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Claim 12: “The Nepali Congress party came second, with 38 seats”

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No evidence was gathered from the provided sources to confirm that the Nepali Congress party secured 38 seats or placed second.

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Claim 13: “The RSP, which was founded in 2022, gained huge support in the parliamentary election”

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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.

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