Bangladesh
○ Presidential Election
- Seat: 1
- Term of office: 5 years
○ Parliamentary Elections
- Seats: 350
○ Election system
· Number of polling stations: 40,199
· Opening and closing time of polling stations
- 8 am and 4 pm respectively
· Number of registered voters: 104,190,480 (2018 election)
· Voter turnout: 80.00% (2018 parliamentary elections)
· Voting age: 18
- Presidential: the president is elected by a vote in the Jatiya Sangsad.
- Parliamentary:
1. 300 members are elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to serve 5-year terms.
2. The remaining 50 seats are reserved for female candidates, who are technically supposed to be elected by the new representatives on the basis of proportional representation through a single transferable vote.
· Voting process
1. Cast Ballots
2. Vote Counting
· Counting process
1. Count the entire number of ballot papers found in the box.
2. The voting results are recorded on appropriate forms.
· Time to take to announce voting results in the country: within a week from Election Day in the Official Gazette.