Nepal Election 2026 sees Kathmandu mayor Balendra Shah challenge former PM KP Sharma Oli, highlighting a youth-driven political shift in the country.

Nepal on Thursday held its first election since a youth-led uprising against corruption toppled the government last year.

Fed up with corruption and a lack of jobs, the country’s youth are turning to a rapper who gave voice to their frustrations.

Nepal is holding parliamentary elections Thursday, a year after a youth-led uprising forced out the government chosen in the last elections.

This was the first election that was held in the Himalayan nation following the Gen Z protests in the country that toppled the government of KP Sharma Oli. These elections witnessed a participation of 65 political parties.

Nepal voted on Thursday for a new parliament in a high-stakes showdown between an entrenched old guard and a powerful youth movement, six months after deadly anti-corruption protests toppled the

KP Sharma Oli, who is also the PM candidate for CPN-UML, cast his vote at a polling station in Bhaktapur.

Kathmandu: Nepal's interim Prime Minister Sushila Karki on Thursday held a telephone conversation with her Qatari counterpart Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani regarding the ongoing