More than 47,000 people have applied for re-registration to vote in the second round of the presidential election scheduled to take place on September 30.
The Elections Commission (EC) opened the re-registration window from Friday till 4 pm Sunday. Some 47,714 forms were submitted.
This is higher than the number of re-registrations in the first round of the election held on September 9.
EC Vice President Ismail Habeeb told Adhadhu that more than 19,000 forms have been processed so far.
During the first round of the election, more than 42,000 people applied for re-registration.
According to EC, 282,803 people are eligible to vote in the second round of the presidential election. These include 403 first-time voters.
