Dhaka, Aug. 17 -- The Election Commission (EC) has received a total of 1,760 petitions regarding the redrawing of parliamentary constituencies, according to a report prepared by its election management division.

Officials said the applications relate to changes in 83 constituencies. The highest number of petitions came from Cumilla, with 683, while Rangpur recorded the fewest, with just seven.

Among individual constituencies, Comilla-1 received the most petitions at 362. In Pirojpur-1, Pirojpur-2 and Pirojpur-3, a total of 287 applications were filed. Sirajganj-5 and Sirajganj-6 together drew 220 petitions. In Dhaka, the highest number was filed in Dhaka-1, with 79 submissions.

On July 30, the EC published a draft of the revised bounda...