Postal voting: Bangladeshi expatriates get five-day registration slots

People away on polling duty and prison inmates can use the app to vote as well

The Election Commission has given Bangladeshi expatriates five days to get registered on the postal voting app for participating in the next general election through the Postal Vote BD app.

After the launch on Tuesday, the postal voting registration will begin on Nov 19 in East Asia, South America and Africa.

Bangladeshi expatriates in North America and Oceania will be able to register from Nov 24. In Europe, registration begins on Nov 29.

Registration opens in one of the Middle Eastern countries on Dec 4 and in South and Southeast Asia on Dec 9. Expatriates in the rest of the 14 Middle Eastern countries can start registering from Dec 14.

For those allowed to use postal voting in Bangladesh, they will have to register between Dec 19 and 23.

In Bangladesh, people away from home on polling duty and inmates can take the opportunity of postal voting.

THE CURRENT VOTER LIST

Time	Total voter	Male	Female	Difference
Nov 18	127,695,183	64,814,907	62,879,042	1,935,865 (more male voters))
Aug 31, 2025	126,307,504	64,100,455	62, 205,819	1, 894,636 (more male voters)
12th general election 2024	119,150,451	60,445,572	58,704,879	1,740,693 (more male voters)
11th general election 2018	104,190,480	52,547,329	51,643,151	904,178 (more male voters)
10th general election	91,965,167	46,122,469	45,842,698	279,771 (more male voters)
9th general election	81,098,698	39,822,549	41,236,149	1,414,600 (more male voters)