Returning officers in Bangladesh’s 13th National Parliamentary Election and referendum have received 11,43,845 postal ballots from voters registered through the “Postal Vote BD” app.
Of these, 4,95,551 were cast by expatriate voters and 6,48,294 by domestic voters under the Inland Conditional Postal Voting (ICPV) system.
Salim Ahmad Khan, team leader of the OCV-SDI project on expatriate voter registration, said that as of 2pm Thursday, 7,66,862 ballots had been sent to overseas voters. Among them, 5,54,258 received their ballots, 5,43,751 completed voting, and 5,37,554 were submitted to postal authorities abroad. So far, 4,98,266 overseas ballots have arrived in Bangladesh.
For domestic voters, 7,60,898 ballots were dispatched. By 2pm Thursday, 6,81,819 had received their ballots, 6,74,376 cast their votes, and 6,69,950 deposited them at post offices or letterboxes. Returning officers have received 6,48,294 domestic ballots to date.
In total, 15,33,684 voters — both at home and abroad — registered through the “Postal Vote BD” app to vote by postal ballot in the 13th National Parliamentary Election and referendum.