Election Results Reshape Political Landscape in Nepal's Karnali Province, New Party Emerges Strong

Surkhet. The House of Representatives election held last Thursday has brought a shift in the political positioning of parties in the Karnali Province.While the competition for the top position has traditionally been between the Nepali Congress, CPN-UML, and CPN (Maoist Centre, currently the Communist Party of Nepal), this time the new political party, Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), has made a formidable appearance.Although RSP emerged as the leading force nationwide in the first-past-the-post category, in Karnali, it managed to win only in Surkhet-2 out of the 12 House of Representatives constituencies, securing the second position in four other constituencies.In the proportional...