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Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota cast his vote from the Setidevi Panchakanya Secondary School polling booth in Chautara Sangachokgadhi Municipality of Sindhupalchowk. Speaker Sapkota had reached Sindhupalchowk on Saturday to cast vote.

National Assembly Chairman Ganesh Prasad Timilsina cast his vote at the Pashupati Secondary School 'A' polling booth in Ramja-7 of Modi Rural Municipality on Sunday. Speaking to the media after casting vote, he urged all the voters to exercise their right to vote with confidence in the elections being held to elect the new people's representatives. Earlier, Chief Returning Officer Anand Prasad Shrestha started the voting process throughout the district by casting the first vote in Parbat. He voted for the proportional representation (PR) system at the temporary polling booth in Kushma.

CPN (Maoist Center) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal cast his vote in Chitwan on Sunday. The former prime minister Dahal cast his vote from the polling booth at Nepal Police School Shantipur in Bharatpur Metropolitan City-14 at 7:15 am. Talking briefly to media persons on the occasion, he claimed that the alliance will win the elections. After casting his vote, Prachanda has left for Gorkha where he is contesting for a seat in the House of Representatives.  

Chief Election Commissioner Dinesh Kumar Thapaliya cast his vote at Unique Academy polling station in Lokanthali of Madhyapur Thimi Municipality-1 on Sunday. Voting to elect members of the House of Representatives and Province Assembly started at 7:00 am across the country today. Meanwhile, voting has started in both constituencies of Bhaktapur. Chief Returning Officer Gopal Prasad Bastola said that voting has started in all centers of the district.

Voting has begun across the country on Sunday morning to elect the members of the House of Representatives and Province Assembly. The Election Commission said that eligible voters will be allowed to caste their vote from 7 am to 5 pm today. According to the poll body there are a total of 17, 988, 570 eligible voters. A total of 10,892 polling stations and 22,227 polling centres have been established for the elections. Around 300, 000 security personnel from Nepal Army, Armed Police Force, Nepal Police and National Intelligence Department have been mobilized for the security of the elections. A total of 2,412 candidates are contesting the the elections under the first-past-the-post (FPTP) system. Among them, 2,187 are male and 225 are female. Similarly, a total of 2,199 candidates are contesting the elections under Proportional Representation category. Among them, 1,012 male and 1,187 are female.  

The Home Ministry has made it clear that the election-centric security has been strengthened. During a press conference organized in the Capital on Friday, Home Secretary Binod Prakash Singh said that the Ministry is committed to hold the elections to the House of Representatives and Province Assembly slated for November 20 in a free and fair manner. He appealed to all the people to cast vote fearlessly and enthusiastically. Home Secretary Singh said that temporary police personnel among all the security personnel have been working tirelessly to make the elections a grand success. The Ministry has urged all the citizens to vote without fear, terror, threat, obstruction and any kind of influence. The Ministry said that Nepal Army’s bomb disposal teams have been deployed in 903 places of the country. The Ministry further said it has kept a close eye on the activities of various groups who have announced to thwart the elections.

A high-level delegation, including Chief of the Army Staff (CoAS) Prabhu Ram Sharma, held a meeting with Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Dinesh Kumar Thapaliya today in connection with security management for the November 20 elections to the House of Representatives and Provincial Assembly. During the meeting held at the Election Commission Secretariat at Kantipath, CoAS Sharma briefed about the works and activities carried out by the Nepali Army in connection to the election security. On the occasion, he said that the election security is effective and efficient based on the on-site observation and the intelligence gathered so far, and the Army was ready to take up any role that it has to shoulder regarding holding the elections in a secure environment. CEC Thapaliya said important support has been received from the Nepal Army in printing the ballot papers, transporting them, verifying the election materials and packaging them and transporting the ballot papers, election materials and even the employees deputed for conducting the election to the remote mountainous region, in the context of election security management. Election Commissioners Ishwori Prasad Poudyal, Ram Prasad Bhandari and Sagun Shumsher JBR were present in the meeting. They said notable cooperation was received from the Nepal Army in the context of preparations for the elections, compliance to the election code of conduct and managing election security.

The CPN-UML will garner more seats under the proportional representation (PR) category while the Nepali Congress will secure more seats under the first-past-the-post (FPTP) category, the poll survey conducted by the Annapurna Media Network said. When asked, who do you want as the future prime minister of Nepal? Most of the people want UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli as the prime minister of the country. When asked the second question, who was the best prime minister so far? Most of the people said Oli. The survey was conducted among 19,858 voters in 165 constituencies of 77 districts. The surveyors were deployed in every area of the country from October 16-30 for this purpose. The survey was conducted again for three days after the major political parties unveiled their election manifestos. Ruling coalition ahead According to the public opinion survey, it seems that the ruling coalition will garner more seats than the UML-Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP) alliance. Nepali Congress will win 95-105 seats while CPN (Maoist Center) 30-40, CPN (Unified Socialist) 9-12, Democratic Socialist Party 2-4 and Janamorcha 1-2 seats combining the seats of FPTP and proportional representation categories. According to the survey, the UML will win 90-100 seats and JSP 8-12 seats. Meanwhile, Rastriya Swatantra Party will secure 10-15 seats, Rastriya Prajatantra Party 6-10, Nepal Workers' and Peasants' Party (NWPP) and Nagarik Unmukti Party one each and independent candidates 6 to 10 seats. Nepali Congress will win 59-63 seats, CPN (Maoist Center) 17-21, CPN (Unified Socialist) 9-12, Democratic Socialist Party 1-4 and Janamorcha 1-2 seats under the FPTP category. UML is likely to win 47-52 seats and JSP 4-8 seats. Likewise, Rastriya Swatantra Party will be limited to 1-5 seats and RPP 2-6 seats. Most of the people want Oli to be Nepal’s next prime minister When asked, who will be the next prime minister of Nepal? Among the participants, 31.13 percent have chosen KP Sharma Oli. According to the survey, 20. 69 percent want Sher Bahadur Deuba to be the prime minister, 11.26 Pushpa Kamal Dahal, 12.06 others and 24. 86 voted for none. Even those who want to vote for other parties also like to see Oli as the prime minister. Similarly, when asked, who has had the best tenure among the prime ministers so far? Among the participants, 34.60 percent said KP Oli, 12.20 voted for Sher Bahadur Deuba, 13. 09 percent for Pushpa Kamal Dahal, 13. 33 percent for others and 26. 79 percent for none. UML will garner more seats under proportional representation category The people, who took part in the survey, said that UML will win 34 percent (40 seats), Nepali Congress 30 percent (36 seats), CPN (Maoist Center) 11 percent (14 seats) and Rastriya Swatantra Party 9 percent (10 seats). Likewise, Janata Samajbadi Party and Rastriya Prajatantra Party will win 4 percent each (5 seats each). The Annapurna Media Network carried out this exclusive survey in coordination with Media Outlet. The 'margin of error' is considered to be 5 percent.