Bangladesh, Sept. 2 -- Election Commission (EC) has revised its guidelines for polling centres, raising the number of voters assigned to each booth and reducing the overall number of booths nationwide.

Under the new rules, one booth will now be required for every 600 male voters and 500 female voters. Previously, the allocation was one booth for 500 men and 400 women.

The provision of one polling centre for every 3,000 voters remains unchanged.

The changes were introduced in the Polling Centre Establishment and Management Guidelines 2025, which the EC published as a gazette on Monday.

Election Commissioner Abul Fazal Md Sanaullah said on Saturday that the changes would save the commission nearly Tk 10 billion. With more voters per boo...