diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/network/iosxr/argspec/route_maps/route_maps.py b/plugins/module_utils/network/iosxr/argspec/route_maps/route_maps.py
index 10d82e83..b1512c25 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/network/iosxr/argspec/route_maps/route_maps.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/network/iosxr/argspec/route_maps/route_maps.py
@@ -99,8 +99,9 @@ class Route_mapsArgs(object):  # pylint: disable=R0903
                                     },
                                 },
                                 "local_preference": {
-                                    "type": "str",
-                                },
+                                                    "type": "list",
+                                                    "elements":"str"
+                                                    },
                                 "attribute_set": {"type": "str"},
                                 "c_multicast_routing": {
                                     "type": "dict",
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/network/iosxr/rm_templates/route_maps.py b/plugins/module_utils/network/iosxr/rm_templates/route_maps.py
index f7c4bef6..a9d45e59 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/network/iosxr/rm_templates/route_maps.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/network/iosxr/rm_templates/route_maps.py
@@ -228,22 +228,24 @@ def __init__(self, lines=None, module=None):
             },
         },
         {
-    "name": "set.local_preference",
-    "getval": re.compile(
-        r"""
-        \s*set\s+local[-]?preference
-        \s+(?P<local_preference>[\*\+\-]?\d+)  # Capture value with optional *, +, or - prefix
-        \s*$""",re.VERBOSE,
-    ),
-    "setval": "set local-preference {{ local_preference }}",
-    "result": {
+            "name": "set.local_preference",
+            "getval": re.compile(
+                r"""
+                \s*set\slocal-preference
+                (\s(?P<local_preference>.+))
+                $""", re.VERBOSE,
+            ),
+            "setval": "set local-preference {{ set.local_preference }}",
+            "result": {
                 "policies": {
                     "set": {
-                        "local_preference": "{{ local_preference }}",
-                    },
-                },
+                        "local_preference": [
+                            "{{ local_preference }}"
+                        ]
+                    }
+                }
             }
-},
+        },
         {
             "name": "set.aigp_metric",
             "getval": re.compile(
diff --git a/tests/unit/modules/network/iosxr/test_iosxr_route_maps.py b/tests/unit/modules/network/iosxr/test_iosxr_route_maps.py
index de9051ac..78249835 100644
--- a/tests/unit/modules/network/iosxr/test_iosxr_route_maps.py
+++ b/tests/unit/modules/network/iosxr/test_iosxr_route_maps.py
@@ -1278,26 +1278,36 @@ def test_iosxr_route_maps_parsed(self):
         self.assertEqual(parsed_list, result["parsed"])
 
 
-
-    def test_aayush_iosxr_route_maps_parsed(self):
-            set_module_args(
-                dict(
-                    running_config=dedent(
-                        """\
-                        route-policy APPLY_TEST_ROUTE_POLICY_COMPLEX
-                        set ospf-metric 232
-                        set local-preference 100
-                        prepend as-path most-recent 22
-                        """,
-                    ),
-                    state="parsed",
+    def test_iosxr_route_maps_parsed_local_pref_variants(self):
+        set_module_args(
+            dict(
+                running_config=dedent(
+                    """\
+                    route-policy APPLY_TEST_ROUTE_POLICY_COMPLEX
+                      set ospf-metric 232
+                      set local-preference +100
+                      set local-preference -100
+                      set local-preference *700
+                      set local-preference -800
+                      set local-preference +600
+                   """,
                 ),
-            )
-            result = self.execute_module(changed=False)
-            parsed_list = [
-                {
-                    "name": "APPLY_TEST_ROUTE_POLICY_COMPLEX",
-                    "global": {"set": {"ospf_metric": 232,"local_preference":"100"}},
-                },
-            ]
-            self.assertEqual(parsed_list, result["parsed"])
+                state="parsed",
+            ),
+        )
+        result = self.execute_module(changed=False)
+        parsed_list = [
+            {
+                "name": "APPLY_TEST_ROUTE_POLICY_COMPLEX",
+                "global": {
+                    "set": {
+                        "ospf_metric":232,
+                        "local_preference": ["+100","-100","*700","-800","+600"],
+                    },
+                }
+            }
+        ]
+        res=sorted(result["parsed"][0]["global"]["set"].pop("local_preference"))
+        parsd_lst=sorted(parsed_list[0]["global"]["set"].pop("local_preference"))
+
+        self.assertEqual(parsd_lst, res)
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