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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.  

A total of 5,779 security personnel have been mobilized in Kathmandu, the federal capital of the country, in view of the upcoming November 20 parliamentary elections. The security personnel were deployed to make the elections to the House of Representatives (HoR) and Provincial Assembly free, fair and impartial and to conduct it in a peaceful manner in Kathmandu district. The Silence Period has been enforced all over the country since Thursday midnight. Security personnel have been deployed considering the security sensitivity of the polling stations to hold the election peacefully. Superintendent of Police (SP) Dinesh Raj Mainali, Spokesperson at the District Police Range, Kathmandu, said that 2,500 security personnel of Nepal Police and 3,279 temporary police personnel were deployed in 320 polling stations and 757 polling centers in Kathmandu district. According to SP Mainali, the Nepal Police has been conducting regular mobile patrol and police personnel in plain clothes are also monitoring the security situation and compliance or violation of the election code of conduct. Security checks are being conducted in the checkpoints by the Nepal Police. Security checks at night have been tightened with the parliamentary election two days away.