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18 January 2026

Former Kathmandu Mayor Balendra Shah, also known as Balen, gestures after arriving at the party office of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) in Kathmandu, Nepal, on January 18, 2026, formally joining the party to contest the March election. The rapper-turned-mayor is presented as the next Prime Minister by the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP). The former rapper, who wins the local election of 2022 from the Nepali capital, also assumes the charge of senior leader of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP). On December 28, Balen strikes a deal with the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) where it is agreed that he will be the next Prime Ministerial candidate from the party. As per the 7-point agreement, RSP chair Rabi Lamichhane continues as the party's central chairman, while Shah is presented as the party's parliamentary leader after the elections and its prime ministerial candidate. The RSP emerges as the fourth largest political force, winning 21 seats in the dissolved House of Representatives within a year of its establishment. With candidacy filing scheduled for January 20, Shah prepares to contest from the Jhapa-5 constituency in the March 5 elections, with the declared aim of beating four-time prime minister and CPN-UML chair KP Sharma Oli in his own constituency. Balen promises to institutionalize the agenda raised by September's Gen-Z movement. The electoral battle in Jhapa-5 shapes up to be an intriguing contest this time.

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#13213195

18 January 2026

Former Kathmandu Mayor Balendra Shah, also known as Balen, arrives at the party office of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) in Kathmandu, Nepal, on January 18, 2026, formally joining the party to contest the March election. The rapper-turned-mayor is presented as the next Prime Minister by the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP). The former rapper, who won the local election of 2022 from the Nepali capital, also assumes the role of senior leader of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP). On December 28, Balen strikes a deal with the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) where it is agreed that he will be the next Prime Ministerial candidate from the party. As per the 7-point agreement, RSP chair Rabi Lamichhane continues as the party's central chairman, while Shah is presented as the party's parliamentary leader after the elections and its prime ministerial candidate. The RSP emerges as the fourth largest political force, winning 21 seats in the dissolved House of Representatives within a year of its establishment. With candidacy filing scheduled for January 20, Shah prepares to contest from the Jhapa-5 constituency in the March 5 elections, with the declared aim of beating four-time prime minister and CPN-UML chair KP Sharma Oli in his own constituency. Balen promises to institutionalize the agenda raised by September's Gen-Z movement. The electoral battle in Jhapa-5 shapes up to be an intriguing contest this time.

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#13213290

18 January 2026

Former Kathmandu Mayor Balendra Shah, also known as Balen, rings a traditional bell after arriving at the party office of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) in Kathmandu, Nepal, on January 18, 2026, formally joining the party to contest the March election. The rapper turned mayor is presented as the next Prime Minister by the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP). The former rapper, who wins the local election of 2022 from the Nepali capital, also assumes the charge of senior leader of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP). On December 28, Balen strikes a deal with the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) where it is agreed that he will be the next Prime Ministerial candidate from the party. As per the 7-point agreement, RSP chair Rabi Lamichhane continues as the party's central chairman, while Shah is presented as the party's parliamentary leader after the elections and its prime ministerial candidate. The RSP emerges as the fourth largest political force, winning 21 seats in the dissolved House of Representatives within a year of its establishment. With candidacy filing scheduled for January 20, Shah prepares to contest from the Jhapa-5 constituency in the March 5 elections, with the declared aim of beating four-time prime minister and CPN-UML chair KP Sharma Oli in his own constituency. Balen promises to institutionalize the agenda raised by September's Gen-Z movement. The electoral battle in Jhapa-5 shapes up to be an intriguing contest this time.

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#13111358

19 December 2025

Voters check their names in West Bengal's draft electoral rolls after the list of valid voters is placed at the Siliguri Indoor Stadium premises for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) camps in Siliguri, India, on December 19, 2025.

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#13111360

19 December 2025

Voters check their names in West Bengal's draft electoral rolls after the list of valid voters is placed at the Siliguri Indoor Stadium premises for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) camps in Siliguri, India, on December 19, 2025.

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#13111361

19 December 2025

Voters check their names in West Bengal's draft electoral rolls after the list of valid voters is placed at the Siliguri Indoor Stadium premises for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) camps in Siliguri, India, on December 19, 2025.

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#13083837

11 December 2025

Park Joo-min, a lawmaker of the Democratic Party of Korea, holds a press conference announcing his candidacy for Seoul mayor in front of the statue of Admiral Yi Sun-shin at Gwanghwamun Plaza in Jongno District, Seoul, South Korea, on December 11, 2025.

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#12687379

29 August 2025

U.S. Vice President JD Vance speaks during a ''Promises Made, Promises Kept'' campaign event at a steel fabrication facility on August 28, 2025, in La Crosse, Wisconsin.

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#12687381

29 August 2025

U.S. Vice President JD Vance speaks during a ''Promises Made, Promises Kept'' campaign event at a steel fabrication facility on August 28, 2025, in La Crosse, Wisconsin.

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29 August 2025

U.S. Vice President JD Vance speaks during a ''Promises Made, Promises Kept'' campaign event at a steel fabrication facility on August 28, 2025, in La Crosse, Wisconsin.

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29 August 2025

U.S. Vice President JD Vance speaks during a ''Promises Made, Promises Kept'' campaign event at a steel fabrication facility on August 28, 2025, in La Crosse, Wisconsin.

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29 August 2025

U.S. Vice President JD Vance speaks during a ''Promises Made, Promises Kept'' campaign event at a steel fabrication facility on August 28, 2025, in La Crosse, Wisconsin.

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#12686258

28 August 2025

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee says she does not let anyone take away people's voting rights as long as she is alive. Banerjee addresses the foundation day event of Trinamool Chhatra Parishad (TMCP), the students' wing of Trinamool Congress, in Kolkata, India, on August 29, 2025.

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#12686262

28 August 2025

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee says she does not let anyone take away people's voting rights as long as she is alive. Banerjee addresses the foundation day event of Trinamool Chhatra Parishad (TMCP), the students' wing of Trinamool Congress, in Kolkata, India, on August 29, 2025.

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#12677753

26 August 2025

Candidates from different panels campaign on the Dhaka University campus ahead of the upcoming Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) election in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on August 26, 2025.

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#12677755

26 August 2025

Candidates from different panels campaign on the Dhaka University campus ahead of the upcoming Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) election in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on August 26, 2025.

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