All necessary preparations completed for Nepal polls: CEC

All necessary preparations for the November 19 Constituent Assembly elections in Nepal were today completed, including stepping up security along the Indo-Nepal border to avert any disturbances during the crucial polls.
"The Election Commission (EC) has created conducive environment for conducting elections in a peaceful, free and fearless manner," Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Nil Kantha Upreti told reporters at the EC's office today.
"All the preparations relating to the Constituent Assembly elections have been completed within the constitutional and legal frameworks," he said.
It is also understood that in view of the upcoming polls, there is heightened vigil and close coordination between India and Nepal to curb any illegal cross-border activities. The frontier is expected to be sealed for three to four days ahead of the election.

"In order to prevent any disturbances to the election, security has been tightened along the Nepal-India border in view of the upcoming elections," Ambassador of India to Nepal Ranjit Rae said today.
Over 17,000 candidates are contesting the elections for 601-seat Constituent Assembly under direct and proportionate voting system, Upreti said.

The voters can exercise their franchise by producing their voters' identity cards along with their photograph in a peaceful and fearless environment, he said.
We have already initiated the process of distributing voters' identity cards along with the photographs to all 12,147,865 voters across the country, the CEC said.

The EC will deploy 2,15,000 trained personnel in 18,438 polling centres to conduct elections, he said.
A total of 122 political parties have filed nominations of their candidates. We have arranged security for all 17,000 candidates, Upreti said.