The Election Commission has registered 66 organisations as local election observers as well as identified 16 more firms as eligible for registration as local election observers  ahead of the upcoming 13th parliamentary election to be held in early February 2026.

“The 66 organisations have given the final registration as local election observer organisations. A public notification will soon be issued, inviting objections about the registration of 16 others,” said EC’s Director (Public Relations) Ruhul Amin Mollick.  

About the 16 eligible election observer organisations, the claims, objections or complaints, if any, must be submitted in writing to the EC by November 27, 2025, he said.  

Earlier on September 27, the EC had published a notification inviting claims and objections regarding 73 proposed observer organisations.

NCP still favours keeping Election Commission on its toes

Now the commission granted registration to 66 and rejected seven proposals following the settlement of claims and objections.

The EC introduced the registration system for the election observer organisations ahead of the 9th national election in 2008, when 138 organisations were registered, but 75 observation organisations monitored the election.

Only 35 out of 120 registered election observer organisations monitored the 2014 national election; 81 out of the 119 registered organisations observed the 2018 general election and 80 out of the 96 registered organisations monitored the 2024 national election.