Around 20,000 local and foreign election observers are going to be deployed for the upcoming House of Representatives and Provincial Assembly elections to be held on November 20. Kamal Bhattarai, Joint-Spokesperson of the Commission informed that according to the figures submitted by 43 national organizations, there will be around 20,000 observers. On the foreign side, two organizations have received permission for the observation so far. He said that some organizations are working to deploy observers not only in urban and convenient areas but also in remote polling stations.

The commission has also requested the chief election commissioners of India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Pakistan and Sri Lanka and the heads of foreign diplomatic missions in Nepal to observe the polling day.