"Rastriya Swatantra Party and Balendra Shah have registered a single new party, and their alliance will appear as one symbol on the proportional ballot."

Available reporting shows that Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) and Kathmandu mayor Balendra Shah have formed a political partnership and publicly projected Shah as a prime ministerial face. Some smaller outfits have also announced plans to merge with or support RSP. However, there is no evidence that a new, separate party combining all these forces and a new joint election symbol has been formally registered for the 2026 polls.

Under Nepal’s election law, any new party or election symbol for the proportional ballot must be registered with the Election Commission within specified deadlines and published officially. Until such a change is notified, RSP appears on the ballot under its approved name and symbol, while independent personalities like Shah are associated through alliances and endorsements, not through a unified legal party structure. The claim that voters will see a completely new joint party and symbol for this bloc on the proportional ballot is therefore misleading.