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Bangladesh prepares for Feb election with 42,779 polling stations
The balloting will be held through 42,779 polling stations in the 300 constituencies throughout the country in the referendum and national election scheduled for February 12 next.
“The final number of polling stations is 42,779 and that of polling booths is 247,482 in the referendum and 13th parliamentary election,” said EC Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed on Wednesday.
A total of 785,225 polling staff will be inside the polling stations. The officials include 42,779 presiding officers (for the same number of polling stations), 247,482 assistant presiding officers (for the same number of polling booths) and 494,964 polling officers, he said.
As many as 127,711,793 voters --64,825,361 males, 62,885,200 females and 1,232 transgender persons— have the voting rights in the upcoming elections.
Meanwhile, the EC released the final statistics of candidates in the national election, reports UNB.
According to the statistics, the number of contesting candidates is 2017 in the 300 constituencies.