Nepal's Rapper-Mayor Rolling to Power

Rapper Balendra Shah has defeated the former Nepalese Prime Minister Sharma KP Oli in his parliamentary constituency, as he takes a step closer to becoming Nepal's next prime minister.

Nepal's Election Commission confirmed on Saturday that Shah, 35, received 68,348 votes compared to Oli's 18,734 to unseat the former leader in his constituency.

Thursday's general election - the first since violent youth-led protests toppled the government in September - pitted the establishment against a new generation of politicians advocating for angry, young Gen Z voters hungry for change.

Shah's Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) is now seemingly on course to win the general election.

The party has a majority in directly elected seats in the general election counted so far, according to partial official results on Sunday, and could be heading for a landslide, official trends suggest.

- Authors: Thomas Mackintosh and Olivia Ireland, BBC