General Right to Vote
Constitution
(17 May 2004)

• Article 122, section (1) states, "The elections to Parliament shall be on the basis of adult franchise."

Exclusion Based on Intellectual Disability
Constitution
(17 May 2004)

• Under Article 66, section (2), a person is "disqualified for election as, or for being, a member of Parliament who...(a) is declared by a competent court to be of unsound mind..."
• Article 122, section (2) states: "A person shall be entitled to be enrolled on the electoral roll for a constituency delimited the purpose of election to Parliament, if he...(c) does not stand declared by a competent court to be of unsound mind"

Voter Assistance
Electoral Law
Representation of the People Order
(26 December 1972, last amended 2009)

• Article 31, section (7) states that "Where an elector is blind or is otherwise so incapacitated that he cannot vote without the assistance of a companion, the Presiding Officer shall allow him such assistance and thereupon such elector may do with such assistance anything which an elector is required or permitted to do under this order

The Conduct of Elections Rules
(1972, updated 15 April 1993)

• Included is "Certificate" to be filled out by companion of incapacitated voter, assuring that the voter's wishes have been met.

• Constitution - http://www.parliament.gov.bd/Constitution_English/index.htm
• Electoral Laws
• Representation of the People Order - http://www.ecs.gov.bd/MenuExternalFilesEng/154.pdf
• Representation of the People Order, 2009 Amendments - http://www.ecs.gov.bd/MenuExternalFilesEng/262.pdf
• The Conduct of Elections Rules -