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enrolment campaign of the EC before the next parliamentary polls. The EC enumerators went to the voters and potential voters between May and November last year to collect their information.

Among the new voters, 41,35,067 are men and 39,38,109 are women and 383 are hijras.

Names of 22,09,129 voters who died were dropped form the list, which means the total voter count increased by 58,64,430 and now stands at 11,91,51,440, shows EC data.

Of the total voters, 6,04,45,724 are male, 5,87,04,879 are female, and 8,37 are hijras.

According to the EC, the voters’ growth rate is 5.18 percent, which is more than four times the annual growth rate of the population.

The preliminary report of Population and Housing Census 2022 of Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics said the average annual population increase is 18,76,882 and the annual growth rate of population is 1.22 percent.

Voters increased by 1.75 percent in 2020 and by 1.40 percent in 2021.

Between December 2018 national election and March 2 this year, a total of 1,49,11,358 voters were added to the voter roll.

There were 10,42,40,082 voters in December 2018 election.