Balendra Shah Sworn In as 47th Prime Minister — RSP's Historic Outright Majority
बालेन्द्र साह ४७औँ प्रधानमन्त्री — रास्वपाको ऐतिहासिक बहुमत
What happened
Balen Shah — the independent engineer who became Kathmandu's mayor in 2022 — won a landslide election and became Prime Minister on 27 March 2026. His party won more seats than all old parties combined. Nepal's political history changed completely in one night.
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Balendra Shah, 38, becomes Nepal's 47th Prime Minister on 27 March 2026 after leading Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) to win 182 of 275 parliamentary seats — the first outright majority in Nepal's republican history. He is the youngest PM in Nepali history, the first of Madhesi origin, and the first political outsider to displace the entrenched three-party system (NC, UML, Maoist) that had governed Nepal since 2008.
बालेन्द्र साह ३८ वर्षको उमेरमा नेपालका ४७औँ प्रधानमन्त्री बन्दै नेपालको गणतन्त्र इतिहासमा पहिलो स्पष्ट बहुमत सहितको सरकार गठन गरे।
Why it mattered
The first outright parliamentary majority in Nepal's 17-year republic. The three-party system (Nepali Congress, CPN-UML, Maoist Centre) that had rotated power since 2008 was effectively dismantled in a single election. RSP won on anti-corruption, technocratic governance, and youth empowerment.
Who was affected
Every Nepali citizen — RSP campaigned on ending government corruption, building road and electricity infrastructure, meritocratic civil service reform, and renegotiating aid dependency. The diaspora voted in record numbers for RSP. Young voters (18-35) backed RSP at over 70% nationally.
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Last updated
28 May 2026