KATHMANDU, AUGUST 16
The Election Commission (EC) has intensified the preparation in order to hold the November 20 elections of the provincial and federal parliaments in a free and fair manner.
In this connection, it endorsed the election schedule, the directive, work procedure and amendments relating to the election have also been approved.
Chief Election Commissioner Dinesh Kumar Thapaliya informed that EC had called for registration of the political parties willing to participate in the election and completed the financial management work procedure and budget.
The EC has been provided 107 days for the preparation. It has estimated the election cost at Rs 10 billion while the total voters would be around 18.2 million.
CCTV surveillance will be put in place for making the vote count credible. It will be helpful for monitoring of the election and vote count as well.
The citizens turning 18 year on the eve of the election are eligible to exercise voting rights.
