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Though the door-to-door data collection campaign of the ongoing electoral rolls updating programme-2025 is set to end on Monday, eligible people will still be able to be registered as voters. Those who were born on or before January 1, 2008 but could not fill the Form-2 (the voter registration form) during the door-to-door data collection, can visit their designated registration centres (where photos and other biometrics to be taken) with the required documents to complete their registration process.
The eligible persons will be able to fill out the form, provide photographs and fingerprints at the registration centres, said a press release of the Election Commission (EC) on Sunday. Besides, they can apply online and submit the downloaded copies of their online applications at the registration centres.
The information related to the designated registration centres is available at the Upazila/Thana election offices. On January 20 last, Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin opened the countrywide door-to-door data collection campaign of the voter list updating programme-2025.
Following the data collection process, the collection of biometric data (photo and fingerprints) of the eligible voters will be taken from February 5 to April 11 (at the registration centres).
If anyone wants to be enrolled in the voter list, the person needs to have a 17-digit online birth registration certificate, academic certificates (if applicable), and photocopies of national identity card of father or mother and that of utility bills.
The EC will publish the draft updated electoral rolls incorporating the names of new voters on January 2, 2026. Following the resettlement of claims and objections, the commission will make the final electoral rolls on March 2, 2026.
According to the existing voter lists (published on March 2, 2024), there are 121.85 million (121,850,160) voters in the country.
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