VOTER LIST: Nearly 50 lakh added, 15 lakh dropped

Staff Reporter :

Election Commission Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed announced that field-level officials have collected data on nearly 50 lakh eligible voters as of Monday.

“Field-level officials have collected data on 49,70,388 eligible voters as of Monday during the door-to-door data collection campaign, which began on January 20,” he said at a press briefing on voter list updates at Nirbachan Bhaban in Agargaon, Dhaka.

Additionally, Akhtar Ahmed stated that data on 15.23 lakh deceased voters had been collected, and their names would be removed from the final voter list.

He further mentioned that 1.6 million women have registered in this phase, and those previously excluded will also be included in the ongoing program. Registration will continue until April 11, he added.

Eligible candidates can register online and through zonal offices, he noted, adding, “If no information collector visits a household, the matter will be investigated.”