Bangladesh, Feb. 6 -- The Election Commission (EC) on Thursday cautioned the public against misleading information circulating on social media regarding postal ballot results, clarifying that there is no scope to know the outcome before the official counting time.

The EC stated that postal ballots would be counted alongside regular ballots after 4:30pm on election day. It emphasised that results cannot be known prior to this stipulated time.

The commission urged citizens not to be misled by any false or speculative claims related to postal voting results. The EC further said that a total of 1,533,000 voters registered to vote through postal ballots, including expatriate voters and three categories of domestic voters.

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