Kathmandu, March 9 The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) is on track to secure a two-thirds majority in Nepal's parliamentary elections, winning 125 seats through direct voting and over 40 lakh votes through the proportional representation system as of Monday evening.
Out of the 164 seats declared so far through direct voting, the RSP has won 125 seats, while the Nepali Congress (NC) has won 18 seats.
The CPN-UML has won nine seats, the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) seven, and the Shram Sanskriti Party (SSP) three, while the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) and an independent candidate have won one seat each.
Under the proportional representation system, the RSP has secured 48,29,910 votes, followed by the NC at 16,28,704, the CPN-UML at 1,35,939, the NCP at 7,38,067, the Shram Sanskriti Party at 341,518, the Janata Samajwadi Party at 1,16,463, and the Rastriya Parivartan Party at 317,46 votes.
With over 40 lakh votes under the proportional representation system, the RSP is expected to secure at least 48 additional seats, bringing its total to around 164 seats in the 275-member House of Representatives, which is significantly above the 138 needed for a simple majority, according to political observers.
Nepal is set to witness its first Madhesi prime minister, Balendra Shah, who will also be the youngest elected executive head in the history of the Himalayan country.