194,914 postal ballots reach Bangladesh, 464,225 expats cast votes

A total of 194,914 expatriate ballots cast via the “Postal Vote BD” mobile app for the 13th National Parliamentary Election and the Referendum have so far arrived in Bangladesh. Meanwhile, 464,225 overseas voters have already completed their voting.

Salim Ahmad Khan, Team Leader of the ‘OCV-SDI’ project on expatriate voter registration, confirmed on Monday (2 February) that, as of 11am, 766,862 ballots registered through the app had reached expatriate destination countries. Of these, 522,315 voters had received their ballots, and 464,225 had completed voting.

He added that 418,962 ballots had been submitted to post offices or ballot boxes abroad, while 194,914  had so far reached Bangladesh.

Domestically, the Election Commission (EC) has dispatched postal ballots to 646,507 registered voters within the country (ICPV).

According to EC data, by 11am, 58,797 voters had received their ballots via the Postal Vote BD app. Of these, 43,319 had completed voting, while 29,334 had submitted their ballots to post offices or ballot boxes.

Salim Ahmad Khan further stated that, in total, 1,413,369 voters—both expatriate and domestic—registered to vote in the 13th National Parliamentary Election and the Referendum using the mobile app.