The Election Commission has received around 2.4 million applications for enlistment as new voters.
Published : 10 Aug 2017, 08:14 PM
These applicants are citizens who will turn 18 by Jan 1, 2018 and thus become eligible to cast vote in the next general elections.
The EC carried out a campaign from Jul 25 to Aug 9 to sign up new voters and update information about the existing ones.
Those who were enlisted as 15-year-olds in 2015 will automatically be included in the latest list of voters, he said.
The EC aims to enlist 3.5 million new voters in its recent campaign, he added.