Nepal's RSP party of Balendra Shah wins majority in parliament

Nepal's centrist RSP party of Balendra Shah won a majority in parliament with 182 seats, Election Commission results showed on Thursday. RSP party won 125 of the 165, and secured another 57 in PR votes, leaving them only two seats short of securing a powerful two-thirds majority.

Balendra Shah crushed four-time prime minister KP Sharma Oli whose defeated communist party trailing with 25 seats. Shah’s rise from the capital's mayor to expected prime minister also marks one of the most dramatic results in recent Nepali politics.