The Election Commission (EC) on Monday announced the final list of 42,761 polling centres countrywide for the upcoming 13th National Parliament Election to be held next February.
"A total of 42,761 polling centres have been finalized across 64 districts for 300 parliamentary constituencies," said EC Secretariat Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed while briefing the media at the EC Secretariat in the capital's Agargaon area.
Also, there will be a total of 2,44,649 polling booths in the polling centres, among which 1,15,137 booths have been designated for male voters and 1,29,602 booths for female voters.
The EC Senior Secretary also said that 14 temporary polling centres have been set up initially, where approximately 12,000 polling booths will be available.
"On average, a polling station will have 3,000 voters. This has been considered the catchment area. The number may be adjusted later if necessary," he added.
Earlier, on September 10, the EC Senior Secretary had published a draft list of polling centres, where separate booths were counted for male and female voters. Each polling booth was assigned for 600 male voters and 500 female voters on average.
The draft list had proposed a total of 42,618 polling centres, with 114,939 male polling booths and 129,107 female polling booths, making the total 244,046 booths.
