BSS
  18 Dec 2025, 12:47

Over 485,000 register for postal voting 

DHAKA, Dec 18, 2025 (BSS) – A total of 485,184 voters have so far registered their names to cast their ballots through the ‘Postal Vote BD’ app for the 13th Jatiya Sangsad election and referendum.

According to the Election Commission (EC) the registered voters include expatriate Bangladeshis living in different countries as well as government employees assigned to election duties and those staying outside their respective constituencies.

Data, published on the EC website up to 11:30 am today, showed that 455,545 male voters and 29,637 female voters have completed registration through the app.

Among expatriates, the highest number of registrations was recorded in Saudi Arabia with 122,401 voters followed by Qatar (44,543), Oman (32,741), Malaysia (31,497), the United Arab Emirates (24,286), the United States (23,032), the United Kingdom (17,078), Singapore (16,857), Kuwait (16,109), Italy (12,915) and Canada (10,821).

In addition, 52,994 voters currently residing in Bangladesh registered under the “in-country postal vote” category through the app by the same time.

District-wise, Cumilla recorded the highest number of registrations with 50,936 voters, followed by Dhaka (43,881), Chattogram (42,066), Noakhali (29,523) and Sylhet (21,573).

Constituency-wise data showed that Feni-3 topped the list with 7,917 registered voters, followed by Chattogram-15 (7,333), Noakhali-1 (7,131), Cumilla-10 (6,830) and Noakhali-3 (6,576).