Dhaka, Oct. 27 -- The Election Commission (EC) has finalised a total of 42,761 polling centres across Bangladesh for the upcoming 13th parliamentary election.

Speaking at the EC headquarters in Dhaka's Agargaon on Monday, EC Secretary Akhtar Ahmed said: "We have finalised the list of polling centres. Across 300 parliamentary constituencies in 64 districts, there will be 42,761 centres.

"In terms of rooms, 115,137 have been allocated for male voters and 129,602 for female voters, making a total of 244,649 rooms."

He added that 14 temporary polling centres have been designated initially.

"On average, each polling centre will have around 3,000 voters. This has been treated as the catchment area. The number may be adjusted later if needed...