Eight million new names in Bangladesh voter list
119 million people eligible to vote in next general election
IH Web Desk
AGARTALA, January 15 2023: Bangladesh has geared up preparations a year ahead of its parliamentary election likely to be held in January 2024. Country’s election commission Sunday released an updated voter list which reflects a rapid growth in number of new voters.
Some eight million new voters are added in the electoral roll, officials reported. The election commission will publish the final list on March 2 next.
Commission’s Secretary Jahangir Alam said the next general elections will be held at strength of the final voter list. He informed measures are at place to hear pleas, objections and make corrections for sake of making a perfection roll.
As per the updated number, altogether 119,061,158 voters are eligible to vote in the election to constitute 12th Parliament.
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