"Security forces will be allowed to enter polling booths and see which candidate each voter chooses."

Election security plans do provide for a heavy presence of security personnel around polling centres to prevent violence, intimidation and booth capture. However, Nepali election law protects the secrecy of the ballot and restricts who may be present inside the polling booth itself. Security personnel may enter only when requested by the presiding officer to address disturbances, and even then they are not permitted to see or influence how a voter marks the ballot.

Official briefings from the Election Commission and security agencies emphasise that their role is to secure the perimeter, manage queues and respond to incidents, not to supervise individual choices. Messages suggesting that security forces will routinely stand inside booths and watch voters are therefore misleading and risk discouraging turnout by creating unnecessary fear.