Nepal is going to the polls on Sunday 20 November in a general election in which the economy is a major concern.

The ruling alliance of the Nepali Congress party is facing off against the Nepal Communist Unified Marxist Leninist (UML) party.

Voters will elect a 275-member federal House of Representatives, consisting of 165 lawmakers elected under the first-past-the-post (FPTP) system, one from each constituency, and 110 elected under a proportional representation (PR) system.

They will also vote in members of seven provincial assemblies -- 550 people in total. Each assembly will get 60 percent of its lawmakers through the FPTP system and the remaining 40 percent by PR.

The multiple parliaments and multiple voting systems mean each voter has to cast four votes: a FPTP vote and a PR vote for the federal parliament, and a FPTP and a PR vote for a federal assembly.

The Election Commission says all preparatory work is complete, and security agencies confirmed they are on standby to prevent violence and ensure the process takes place in a free and fair manner.

This footage was filmed and produced 20 November 2022.

Nepal is holding a vote today to elect federal and seven provincial parliaments, which will later elect the governments in the federation and the provinces for the next five years.

The Election Commission says all preparations for the voting have been over. Security agencies have confirmed they are on standby across the country to avert any violence during the voting and ensure the process takes place in a free and fair manner.

The vote today will elect a 275-member federal House of Representatives consisting of 165 lawmakers elected under the first-past-the-post (FPTP) system, one from each constituency, and 110 elected under the proportional representation system.

Likewise, the seven provincial assemblies, of different sizes in proportion to the population, will have 550 members in total. Each assembly will get 60 per cent of its lawmakers through the FPTP system and the remaining 40 per cent through the proportional representation system.

Each federal constituency has two provincial constituencies for the FPTP polls. It means a voter has to cast his/her four votes today: the first for the HoR FPTP seat, the second for the HoR PR election, the third for the provincial assembly FPTP seat, and the fourth for the provincial assembly PR election.