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Election campaign to end on Tuesday

Published : Sunday, 8 February, 2026 at 12:20 PM  Count : 804

The campaign activities will end at 7:30AM on February 10, maintaining the mandatory 48-hour silence period before the start of voting, scheduled for February 12.

The campaign, which started on January 22, will end in line with electoral rules requiring all political parties and candidates to cease campaign activities two days prior to polling, according to Election Commission (EC).

The 13th National Parliamentary Election and referendum will be held on Thursday (February 12). Voting will take place simultaneously from 7:30AM to 4:30PM through ballot papers using transparent ballot boxes in 299 parliamentary constituencies across the country.

The EC has already sent ballot papers to returning officers in 49 districts, while the remaining ballots are expected to reach their destinations by today.

A total of 12,77,11,899 voters are eligible to cast their votes in the election and referendum. Of them, 6,48,25,154 are male voters, 6,28,85,525 are female voters, and 1,220 belong to the hijra community.

Among the 300 constituencies, the lowest number of voters is in Jhalakathi-1 with 228,431 voters, while the highest number of voters is in Gazipur-2 with 804,333 voters.






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