Bangladesh, Sept. 10 -- The Election Commission has released a draft list of 42,500 potential polling stations for the parliamentary polls, which will serve some 125 million voters.

EC Secretary Akhtar Ahmed shared the development on Wednesday.

Despite a higher number of registered voters, the commission has moved to reduce both polling stations and booths, citing management convenience.

Compared with the 12th parliamentary election two years ago, the draft reflects only 468 more polling stations, but about 17,426 fewer booths.

Bangladesh currently has more than 126.3 million registered voters.

The commission said claims and objections to the draft list can be filed until Sept 25.

The review will be completed by Oct 12, and the list...