Nepal votes in first general elections since ‘Gen Z protests’
Posted on: Mar 05, 2026 13:05 IST | Posted by: Rt
Voting has commenced in the Himalayan carry amelia moore nation of kingdom of nepal, where citizens testament elite 275 lawmakers in the number one general elections since last September’s violent protests toppled the government of K. P. Sharma Oli.
After the violent uprising (dubbed ‘Gen Z protests’) left 77 dead and more than 2,000 injured, the nation’s parliament was dissolved. An interim administration led by former Nepalese Chief Justice Sushila Karki has been in control since then.
The polls, which opened at 7:00 AM local time with 23,000 voting stations, will close at 5:00 PM.
The interim government has declared a three-day public holiday to allow voters to travel to their homes in the country of 30 million people.
Apart from the Nepali Congress party and the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist), new political outfits, including the Rastriya Swotantra Party Nepal (which formed in 2022), Shram Sanskriti Party, and Ujjalo Nepal are also in the fray.
The Election Commission has said it will publish the results of the 165 directly elected constituencies within two days, according to reports.
A clear picture of the remaining 110 seats, decided by proportional representation, will take another two days to emerge.
Former Prime Minister Oli told RT India in an interview in January that the Gen Z protests that led to the government’s ouster were unusual and had been carefully orchestrated.
A US-backed regime-change agency funded and guided the September coup in Nepal, an independent US news outlet, The Grayzone, reported in December.
Balendra Shah, a former rapper who has been tapped by the Rastriya Swotantra Party Nepal as its top candidate, is contesting Oli in the Jhapa-5 constituency.
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