BD’s registered voters reach 12.86 crore

The number of registered voters in Bangladesh has reached 128,632,555 as of July 31, the Election Commission said on Sunday.

“The number of voters has increased by 309,315 between May 14 and July 31,” EC Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed told reporters at the commission building in Agargaon.

The EC last updated the voter list in May, when the number of registered voters stood at 128,323,240.
The latest update was carried out ahead of the local government elections, with the EC allowing voter registration until July 31. Those registered by the deadline will be eligible to vote in the upcoming local government elections.

Akhtar said that if the election schedule is changed or the commission takes any further decision on voter registration, the changes will be incorporated through a supplementary voter list.

He also said the EC has sent draft electoral codes of conduct for city corporation, district council, upazila council, municipality and union council elections to the Ministry of Law.

“The recommendations for amendments to the law have not yet been sent. The document is being processed, and once it is completed, it will also be sent,” he said.

Meanwhile, the distribution of nomination forms for the presidential election has begun.

According to the EC senior secretary, a Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) delegation visited the commission on Sunday and collected two nomination forms.