EC publishes final voter list of 12.77 crore voters

The Election Commission (EC) has published the final voter list ahead of the 13th national elections.

According to the voter list, there is a total of 12,76,95,183 voters in the country now. Of them, 6,48,14,907 are male voters, while 6,28,79,042 are female voters and 1,234 third gender (Hijra) voters.

Senior Secretary of the Election Commission Secretariat Akhtar Ahmed released the final voter list at a briefing in front of his office at Nirbachan Bhaban in the city’s Agargaon on Tuesday.

EC Secretary Akhtar Ahmed said the EC has updated the voter list by including those who reached the age of 18 as of 31 October.

He said the growth rate of male voters is 2.29 per cent, while women voters is 4.16 per cent. He mentioned that what has been published today reflects the growth rate from the voter list that was finalised on 2 March.

Responding to a question, the EC Secretary said the number of voters has increased due to enlisting voters by going door to door and motivating and campaigning for voter registration at different times.

Earlier, the EC published the draft voter list on 2 November. The total number of voters in the draft list was 12,76,12,384. Of them, 6,47,60,382 were male voters, 6,28,50,772 were female voters and 1,230 were third gender (Hijra) voters.

Earlier, in the supplementary voter list published on 31 August, the total number of voters in the country was 12,63,09,504.

The EC Secretary also said that as of 2 March this year, the total number of voters in the country was 12,37,32,274. Later, the supplementary draft voter list was published on 10 August, including the voters registered until 30 June.