Ankur Desai

It's looking like we can add a musician to that list.

The rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah is set to become the next prime minister of Nepal, his party winning two-thirds of the vote.

It's a historic result for Nepal, five months on from deadly Gen Z anti-corruption protests.

Our South Asia correspondent Azdeh Mashiri reports from Kathmandu.

A seismic result, one that Balin celebrated by standing on top of a car, holding his party flag, surrounded by crowds of supporters.

For decades, Nepal has been run by the same familiar faces who've exchanged power in successive, fragile coalition governments.

If officially selected by his party, 35-year-old Balin would become the youngest ever prime minister, leading a party, the Rastriya Swatantra Party, which is only four years old.

A government made up of elder statesmen would be replaced by a leader known for his trademark black suits and sunglasses and anti-establishment rap songs.

It's given hope to young Nepalese who want a break from the past.

Balan promised he could make hopes like these happen.

He'd positioned himself as the voice of Gen Z voters and the candidate for change.

Based on these results, a large majority of voters believed him.

I've just arrived here at the RSP headquarters in Kathmandu.

Right in front of me, in fact, is a bell, a literal bell.

That is the symbol of the RSP party.

This isn't going to be a big, loud victory for the RSP.

There'll be no parades.

There'll be no big celebrations.

And that's in remembrance of the RSP.

of the 77 people who lost their lives, who died during the Gen Z protests in September, many of them young protesters shot by police.