Nearly 50 lakh voters added to updated list: EC
Field-level officials have collected data on 49,70,388 eligible voters as of yestrday during the door-to-door data collection campaign, which began on 20 January, Election Commission Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed says
Field-level officials have collected data on nearly 50 lakh people eligible to be voters as of yesterday, Election Commission Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed said today (4 February).
"Field-level officials have collected data on 49,70,388 eligible voters as of Monday during the door-to-door data collection campaign, which began on 20 January," he said at a press briefing on updating the voter list at Nirbachan Bhaban in the city's Agargaon.
Additionally, Akhtar Ahmed said data on 15.23 lakh deceased voters had been collected, and their names would be removed from the final voter list.
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He stated that 1.6 million women have registered this time, and those previously excluded will also be included in the ongoing program.
Registration will continue until 11 April, he added.
Eligible candidates can register online and through zonal offices, he said, adding, "If no information collector visits a house, the matter will be investigated."
