The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) has won 15 seats in the House of Representatives while leading in 101 constituencies, signalling a significant shift in Nepal’s political landscape.

The party has unseated several well-known leaders from the Nepali Congress and CPN-UML.

Kathmandu district remains an RSP stronghold, with the party victorious in eight of the city’s ten constituencies and leading in the remaining two.

The 15 winning candidates so far are: Santosh Rajbanshi (Morang-4), Rubina Acharya (Morang-6), Manish Jha (Dhanusha-3), Ranju Neupane (Kathmandu-1), Raju Nath Pandey (Kathmandu-3), Pukar Bam (Kathmandu-4), Sasmit Pokharel (Kathmandu-5), Ganesh Parajuli (Kathmandu-7), Biraj Bhakta Maharjan (Kathmandu-8), Dol Prasad Aryal (Kathmandu-9), Pradeep Bista (Kathmandu-10), Uttam Prasad Paudel (Kaski-2), Bina Gurung (Kaski-3), Suresh Kumar Chaudhary (Banke-1) and Kanhaiya Baniya (Rupandehi-4).

Vote counting continues across constituencies nationwide.