Some 1.8 million new voters have been included in the draft electoral rolls published by the Election Commission on Thursday, raising the total number of voters in the country to 123.7 million.
Election Commissioner Brig Gen (Retd) Abdul Fazal Md Sanaullah unveiled the updated draft voter list at a press conference here in the city.
Among the 1,833,352 newly registered voters, 1,185,516 males, 647,774 females and 62 transgender persons were included in the draft list.
The Election Commission will release the final updated electoral rolls on March 02, 2025 (the voter day) after resolving complaints on the draft list, if any.
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With the inclusion of the new voters, the total number of the country's voters would be 123,683,512.
Among them, 63,330,103 are males, 60,352,515 are females and 994 are transgender persons.
The previous final voter list, published on March 2, 2024, recorded a total of 121,850,160 (121.8 million) voters, including 62,144,587 males, 59,704,641 females and 932 transgender persons in the country.
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As per the Voter List Act, 2009 the EC needs to publish the draft voter list annually on January 2 to receive and settle complaints and the final electoral rolls on March 02 each year.
About the draft voter lists, any claim, objection or application for correction can be placed till January 17 next. Then the commission will resolve the objections or applications by January 30.
Besides, the Election Commission will start the door-to-door data collection campaign on January 20 next to update the voter lists further ahead of the next national election.