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0.12b voters in Bangladesh: EC

March 03, 2023 12:00:00


A procession was brought out under the banner 'National Voters' Day-2023' to observe the voters day in the city on Thursday — Focus Bangla

According to the Election Commission's final updated electoral roll, the number of voters in the country has now increased to 0.12 billion (11,91,51,440) following inclusion of some new voters last year, reports UNB.

The EC disclosed the updated voter numbers on Thursday morning, on the occasion of National Voters Day.

According to EC's factsheet, a total of 5.8 million (58,64,430) new voters were enlisted in the country's voter list.

Of the total voters, 60.45 million (6,04,45,724) are male and 5.87 million (5,87,04,879) are female.

Besides, 837 transgender voters were incorporated under the identity of the third gender in the updated roll.

The voter growth is 5.18pc, according to EC.


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