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DHAKA, Jan 27, 2026 (BSS) - The Election Commission (EC) has dispatched postal ballots to 63,600 voters across 18 districts who registered for the 13th national parliament election and referendum through the Postal Vote BD app.
Salim Ahmad Khan, Team Leader of the ‘OCV-SDI’ project on Overseas Voter Registration told BSS today that the ballots were sent on January 27 in 106 bags to voters in different parts of the country.
According to EC data from the ICPV Postal Vote BD registration system, a total of 761,138 voters have registered through the app so far. Among them, 575,200 are government employees, 169,643 are election officials, 10,010 belong to Ansar and VDP, and 6,285 are imprisoned voters.
Meanwhile, voting activities among expatriate voters are progressing significantly. As of 10:30 am on January 27, ballots for 766,862 expatriate voters had reached their respective destination countries. Of them, 493,920 voters have already received their ballots.
Voting has been completed by 425,788 expatriate voters, while 370,322 have deposited their ballots in post offices or post boxes in their respective countries.
Additionally, ballots from 21,508 expatriate voters have already reached Bangladesh.
Salim Ahmad Khan further said that a total of 1,533,683 voters, both domestic and overseas, have registered to cast their votes in the 13th national election and referendum through the Postal Vote BD app.