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

Balendra Shah’s party won a landslide in the election that followed Nepal’s Gen Z revolution. His style is pugnacious.

Before he dismantled Nepal’s political elite, Balendra Shah was destroying his opponents in underground rap battles. More than a decade ago, armed with a microphone and his signature sunglasses, he ...

The March 5 election was tNepal's first vote since demonstrations against corruption last September led by Gen Z protesters that toppled the government.

Balendra Shah, known as Balen, wins Nepal's parliamentary elections at age 35, defeating former prime minister K. P. Sharma Oli in a youth-led political upheaval.