Updated Draft Voter List
Nearly 3 lakh new voters in Sylhet
Staff Correspondent, Sylhet

A total of 2,90,905 new voters were added to the updated draft voter list in Sylhet division.

The new voters include 1,26,948 women. The division had 50,81,483 voters as per the earlier voter list.

Deputy Election Commissioner of Sylhet division Khondaker Mizanur Rahman told the Daily Star that copies of the draft list are available at the offices of Union Parishad, district and upazila election offices and ward commissioners' offices in city areas as well as the divisional office of the EC.

The EC will accept petitions containing demands, objections and amendments related to the list until March 23.

Of the four districts in the division, Sylhet added 98,446 new voters, Moulvibazar 56,104 voters Habiganj 60,810 voters and Sunamganj 75,545 to the list.

In the Sylhet city corporation area, 16,775 new voters, including 7,936 women, were added to the updated draft voter list, official sources said.
Source : The Daily Star