Nearly 87,000 expatriate Bangladeshis have registered to vote in the upcoming national election and referendum through a new mobile application called Postal Vote BD, the Election Commission said Saturday.
The app, launched on November 19, initially covered 53 countries before expanding to 143.
Registration was later suspended for expatriates in seven countries after many applicants provided incomplete mailing addresses.
As of 7:10 p.m., a total of 86,844 Bangladeshis had registered, with the highest numbers coming from the United States, South Korea and Canada.
This is the first time Bangladesh is using a hybrid postal balloting system that combines digital registration with manual voting.
Chief election commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin said the schedule for the next general election will be announced in the second week of December.