The total number of voters in Bangladesh climbed to 12.64 crore (12,63,07,504), marking an increase of nearly 26 lakh in the latest updated electoral rolls published on Sunday.
鈥楴ow there are 12,63,07,504 registered voters in the country. Of them 6,41,00,455 are male voters, while 6,22,05,819 female voters and 1,230 third gender voters,鈥� said EC senior secretary Akhtar Ahmed at a press briefing at Nirbachan Bhaban in the capital on the occasion of the release of the latest supplementary updated voter list.
He said that the EC was publishing a total of three voter lists this year. 鈥楩irst one was published on March 2, the second one was today (August 31) and another supplementary list will be released on October 31 next,鈥� he said.
The number of the country鈥檚 voters was 12,37,32,274 on March 2 last, the day electoral rolls were updated last. Of them, 6,33,61,615 are male voters, 6,03,69,665 are female voters and 994 are transgender voters.
During the latest update published on Sunday, the number of voters increased by 25,75,230 ones as 47,08,858 fresh voters were incorporated in the voter lists, while 21,33,628 voters were dropped from the lists for different reasons, particularly for the death of voters.
Ahead of the next general election, the EC secretary said the EC will publish another supplementary voter list to enroll the youths who would turn 18 years by on October 31, 2025 as voters.
Following the next supplementary list that the voter lists will be final rolls for the upcoming 13th parliamentary election, he added.
He said the Commission is working on designing a proposal to facilitate the physically challenged and visually impaired voters to cast their voting rights in the next election by easing accessibility to the polling stations.
鈥榃e are consulting with stakeholders, including development partners like UNDP. Some proposals are still under review,鈥� he said, hinting that the volunteers would be employed to help the physically challenged persons cast their votes.
