Postal voting: Bangladeshi expatriates get five-day registration slots

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)

12^th general election 2024

119,150,451

60,445,572

58,704,879

1,740,693 (more male voters)

11^th general election 2018

104,190,480

52,547,329

51,643,151

904,178 (more male voters)

10^th general election

 91,965,167

46,122,469

45,842,698

279,771 (more male voters)

9^th general election

 81,098,698

 39,822,549

41,236,149

1,414,600 (more male voters)