EC to publish work plan for polls by July: Commissioner

It will hold talks with parties before schedule

FE Team | Published: April 16, 2025 23:59:08

Election Commissioner Anwarul Islam Sarker has said the Election Commission (EC) will publish a printed work plan by July next for the 13th parliamentary election, reports UNB.
"Hopefully, you will get a printed work plan, which the EC will publish before the (national) election, in June-July," he told reporters at his Nirbachan Bhaban office in the capital on Wednesday.
He said the EC is moving towards the national election considering the timeline announced by the interim government.
In reply to a question, Anwarul Islam said they are taking preparations for the election considering the early timeframe of December.
"We have been moving forward with our own work plan since taking charge," he said, adding that the EC has collected information of possible voters, sorted out information of constituencies in terms of administrative unit distribution and started the registration of new political parties.
"We hope we will get a complete voter list by June," said the Election Commissioner.
He said the EC has targeted to register more than 6.19 million new voters in the electoral rolls during this countrywide updating programme.
More than 4.3 million who applied to be voters have dropped out and some 1.96 million other applicants are youths. Besides, some 2.16 million dead voters are going to be dropped from the electoral rolls.
Replying to a question, Anwarul Islam said the EC will try its best to incorporate the young people, who would be eligible as voters even until the election schedule declaration, in the electoral rolls so that they can vote in the next general election.
About the registration of new political parties, he said they have so far received three applications in this regard, but applications would be received until April 20 next.
Election Commissioner said they would be able to complete the delimitation of constituencies within three months after they get a relevant law amended.
Anwarul Islam said the EC will sit in talks with registered political parties and other stakeholders before the declaration of election schedule.
"We will exchange views with registered political parties, which is in our work plan," he said, adding that they will hold the dialogues before the declaration of the schedule.