The New Nation - Internet Edition

UNB, Dhaka

The final voter list will be available by October next, as registration of 4.93 crore voters has already been completed across the country.

"Registration of 4.93 crore voters have been completed (across the country) and it is expected that the total number of voters will be over 8 crore," said Major Ferdous Ahsan Selim, spokesman of the central control cell on preparation of the voter list and national ID card project.

He was addressing a press briefing at Dhaka Cantonment here Saturday. Selim said the final voter list containing 1,291,147 voters of four city corporations and seven pourasavas will be handed over to the Election Commission on March 24.

The city corporations are Khulna, Barisal, Sylhet and Rajshahi while the pourasavas are Gopalganj, Cox's Bazar, Sitakunda, Fulbaria, Sreepur, Shariathpur and Manikganj.

He said the matching work of the enlisted voters is being carried out through 'biometrics system' for identifying duplications. Under the 'Operation Naba Jatra', printing of the draft voter lists of over 3 crore voters will be completed by May.

Her said printing of the draft voter lists will be completed in 130 areas by April and another 130 areas by May.

"A total of 10,000 members of the Armed Forces and 18,000 civilians have been working for preparing the voter list and national ID cards across the country," he told the journalists.