Dhaka, Nov. 25 -- The Election Commission is going to conduct a mock voting exercise on Saturday next for both the upcoming national election and referendum, which are likely to be held simultaneously on a single day in early February 2026.

"The mock voting will be held from 8:00am to 12:00pm on Saturday at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Government Girls High School in the capital," said EC Director (PR) Ruhul Amin Mollik on Tuesday.

All the officers and employees of the EC Secretariat, the EC's National Identity Registration Wing, the Electoral Training Institute (ETI) and its all projects have been asked to be present in the mock voting centre and participate in the mock voting activities as voters.

The Election Commission has planned to announ...