Balen Shah defeats Oli by nearly 50,000 votes in Jhapa-5 in election's most stunning result
Summary
Balen Shah of the Rastriya Swatantra Party won the Jhapa-5 parliamentary seat, defeating former prime minister KP Sharma Oli by nearly 50,000 votes.
Key Points
- Balen Shah of the Rastriya Swatantra Party won the Jhapa-5 seat in Nepal's general election.
- He defeated former prime minister and CPN-UML chairman KP Sharma Oli by a margin of 49,614 votes.
- Shah secured 68,348 votes while Oli received 18,734 votes in the constituency.
- The election marked the end of Oli's political career in his own stronghold.
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