About 127 million people were registered to cast ballot, including five million first-time voters. With more than 173 million citizens in total, Bangladesh is the eighth most populous country in the world. Approximately 44 percent of the population – 56 million people – are between the ages of 18 and 37. As we reported earlier, the turnout was nearly 48 percent at 36,000 polling centres as of 2pm (08:00 GMT), but it could rise.
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