Functions of the Election Commission:

• Single electoral role: Article 121 provides that "there shall be one electoral role for each constituency for the purpose of election to the parliament and no special electoral roll shall be prepared so as to classify electors according to religion, race caste or sex".

*Qualifications for registration as voter (Article 122): The elections to Parliament shall be on the basis of adult franchise. A person shall be entitled to be enrolled as a voter in any single constituency, if he -

(a) is a citizen of Bangladesh;

(b) is at least eighteen years of age