Balen Shah wins big in Nepal polls, defeats ex-PM KP Sharma Oli by nearly 50,000 votes
Balendra Shah has delivered a stunning political upset by defeating former prime minister KP Sharma Oli by nearly 50,000 votes in Nepal’s high-profile Jhapa-5 constituency. The young leader of the Rastriya Swatantra Party secured 68,348 votes, while KP Sharma Oli, chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist), received 18,734 votes, according to final…