55,341 postal ballots reach home

A total of 4,45,588 expatriate voters who registered through the Postal Vote BD mobile app have already cast their votes in the 13th national elections and referendum, officials said on Thursday.

Of these, 55,341 completed postal ballots have so far reached Bangladesh, according to the Election Commission (EC).

Salim Ahmad Khan, team leader of the Out of Country Voting (OCV) System Development & Implementation (SDI) Project, said that postal ballots were sent to 2,44,625 registered expatriate voters across 52 districts of the country.

The EC said that by 10:30am on Thursday, a total of 7,66,862 postal ballots had reached expatriate destination countries, while 5,09,601 expatriate voters had received their ballots. Among them, 4,45,588 voters have already completed the voting process.

In addition, 3,94,174 expatriate voters submitted their completed ballots at post offices or post boxes in their respective countries, the EC added.

Meanwhile, 55,341 ballots have been returned to Bangladesh so far.

Salim further said that a total of 15,33,684 voters, both at home and abroad, registered to vote in the national elections and referendum.