The total number of voters inthe country at present stands at 11,90,61,158 with an increase by 57,74,148, as per the draft voter list published by the Election Commission (EC) on Sunday.
As per the draft list, the increase in the number of voters is 5.10 percent, said Election Commission (EC) Secretary Jahangir Alamwhile he was speaking at a press conference held at the EC office in capital’s Agargaon.
The EC Secretary also said these voters will be able to cast their ballots in the next 12th National Parliament Election.
The EC officials claimed that the completion of this voter list is a major development made by the Election Commission in holding the next general election likely to be held in the last month of this year or in the first half of the month of January, 2014.
The EC secretary said that among them, about 6,03,83,112 are male voters while 5,86,77, 209 are women voters and the rest 837 are third-gender voters.
As per the EC officials, total voters as of March 2 in 2022 were 11, 32,87,010.
Of them, 5,76,89,529 were male while the number of women voters was 5,55,97,027 and the number of third-gender voters was 454.
The number of voters included in the updated voter-list in 2022 was 78,83,277 people. Among them, 40,72,455 and 39,10,439 were men and women respectively. The number of third gender voters was 383.
The number of excluded-voters in the updated voter list of that year was 22,9,129. Among them, 13,78,872 were maleswhile 8,30,257 were women.
EC completed data collection and registration in four stages from May 20 to November 20 last year.
The updated draft list was released as per the pre-announced time on January 15.
It has been displayed at various public places so that anyone could get the opportunity for correction. In that case, the last time to apply for claims, objections or corrections is January 31 which means a person is getting 16 -day time-frame for his or her claim, objection or correction.
The revising authority will dispose of the petition or application by February 7. The updated final list will be published on March 2 after disposal of applications.