Over 4.81 lakh expatriate postal ballots arrive

A total of 481,185 expatriate ballots cast via the “Postal Vote BD” mobile app for the 13th National Parliamentary Election and the Referendum 2026 have so far arrived in Bangladesh. Meanwhile, 515,619 overseas voters have already completed their voting.

Salim Ahmad Khan, Team Leader of the ‘OCV-SDI’ project on expatriate voter registration, confirmed on Wednesday (11 February) that, 766,862 ballots registered through the app had reached expatriate destination countries. Of these, 528,579 voters had received their ballots, and 515,619 had completed voting as of 9:15am.

He added that 507,327 ballots had been submitted to post offices or ballot boxes abroad, while 481,185 had so far reached Bangladesh.

Domestically, the Election Commission (EC) has dispatched postal ballots to 760,898 registered voters within the country (ICPV).

According to EC data, by 9:15am, 610,650 voters had received their ballots via the Postal Vote BD app. Of these, 580,665 had completed voting, while 561,139 had submitted their ballots to post offices or ballot boxes.

Salim Ahmad Khan further stated that, in total, 1,527,760 voters—both expatriate and domestic—registered to vote in the 13th National Parliamentary Election and the Referendum using the mobile app.