A total of 401,460 postal ballots from expatriate voters registered through the ‘Postal Vote BD’ app have arrived in Bangladesh ahead of the 13th National Parliament Election and referendum. The information was confirmed on Friday by Salim Ahmad Khan, team leader of the OCV-SDI project on expatriate voter registration. As of 9:30 a.m. Friday, 766,862 ballots had been sent to expatriate voters, of which 526,498 were received, 482,817 votes were cast, and 449,006 ballots were submitted to postal authorities abroad. Returning officers have so far received 124,746 ballots.
The Election Commission has also started sending postal ballots to domestic voters registered under the ICPV system. So far, 694,146 ballots have been dispatched within the country, with 324,002 voters having received them. Among these, 259,394 have voted, 213,697 have submitted their ballots, and 30,706 ballots have been received by returning officers.
In total, 1,533,684 voters at home and abroad have registered through the ‘Postal Vote BD’ app to vote by post. The national election and referendum are scheduled for February 12 from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.