DHAKA, Jan 26, 2025 (BSS)- A total of 4,05,164 votes were cast through postal  ballots from the Bangladeshi expatriates for the 13th national parliamentary election and the referendum.

Salim Ahmed Khan, team leader of OCV-SDI of expatriate voter registration project, confirmed this to BSS today.

Till this noon (January 26), a total of 6, 83,122 ballots were mailed from the concerned countries' voters, who have registered through the "Postal Vote  BD" app, he informed. 

Of those, 4,78,326 ballots were collected by the voters and 4,05,164 expatriate voters have cast their votes through the ballots.

A total of 3,44,993 ballots have been submitted in the post offices of the respective countries by the expatriate voters and 19,388 ballots have already  arrived in the country, Salim Ahmed informed.

A total of 15,33,683 voters (home and abroad) have registered to cast their votes through the "Postal Vote BD" app for the upcoming 13th national  parliamentary election and the referendum for realizing the July Charter.