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more than 45,000 polling centres and 2.8 lakh booths in the next election.

Following EC’s latest count, the number of voters may reach 12.7 crore.

In the 12th general election, there were 11.9 crore voters, 42,148 polling centres, and 2.6 lakh polling booths.

On August 7, Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin said besides updating the voter list, the EC is redrawing parliamentary constituencies and making arrangements for expatriate voting.

As part of its preparations, complete tasks like training 931,131 polling officials, voter registration, and procurement of election materials by September.

Once the proposed amendments to the Representation of the People Order (RPO) and the Election Conduct Rules are forwarded to the law ministry for swift approval, the printing of manuals and guidelines will begin.

The materials will serve as key resources for training election officials.