More female voters have got on the voter list than males during the last registration of prospective voters ahead of the 12th parliamentary election.

The Election Commission yesterday launched a countrywide campaign to update the voter list when the number of women voters is decreasing due to social and religious grounds and the absence of door-to-door drive over the last two years.

Candidates are campaigning giving special attention to female students who constitute about 36 percent of the total number of voters in the Ducsu polls on Monday.

Votes are being counted in Saudi Arabia's municipal elections, in which women were allowed for the first time to cast their ballots.

BNP expresses grave concern over the decline in the numbers of female voters in the last couple of years and questioned whether the Election Commission has any ill intention behind it.