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Number of voters rises to 12.76cr – up by 80 lakh since 12th nat’l election

Number of voters rises to 12.76cr – up by 80 lakh since 12th nat’l election
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Ahead of the 13th National Parliament election, the Election Commission (EC) has released the final voter list. Announcing the updated roll-on Tuesday, EC Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed said.

The country now has 127,695,183 registered voters, according to the final voter list released by Election Commission (EC) Ahead of the 13th National Parliament election.

EC Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed announced the updated roll on Tuesday.

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Based on the updated voter roll published on 2 March this year, the overall growth rate stands at 3.20%, with the number of male voters up by 2.29% and female voters by 4.16%, EC officials said.

According to figures provided by the Commission on 2 March, the number of voters then stood at 123,732,274, including 63,361,615 men, 60,369,666 women, and 994 hijra voters.

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This means the number of voters has grown by 3,962,909 over the last eight months. During this period, the number of male voters increased by 1,453,292, female voters by 2,509,376, and hijra voters by 240.

Among the voters included in the final list, 64,814,907 are men, 62,879,042 are women, and 1,234 are hijra voters, said the EC senior secretary.

The final list shows that there are 1,935,865 more male voters than female voters.

Young men and women who turned 18 by 31 October 2025 have qualified to be included in the list, meaning they will be eligible to vote in the upcoming national election. This year, the Election Commission updated the voter roll for the third time—releasing the first list on 2 March, the second on 31 August, and the final one on Tuesday.

In the 12th parliament election, held on 7 January 2024, the number of registered voters was 119,691,633. Based on that, the voter population has increased by 8,003,550 since the last general election.

The EC has already announced that it aims to finalise preparations to declare the election schedule in the first half of December, with the polls expected in the first half of February 2026.

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