Is the biometric data used in voter identification at polling stations?

Bangladesh, Voter List Act (Act No. 6 of 2009), in force as of 2018, [in Bengali], accessed 1 January 2019

Preparation of voter list                             

5. (1) After the registration of voters with the computer-based database for the selection of various selected organizations, the voter list with the photograph will be formulated. […] (Translated by Google)

Dhaka Tribune, Watch: A beginner’s guide to Electronic Voting Machines, July 20th 2018, accessed 1 January 2019

“Voter identification:

After accessing the EVM, a list of voter data will be visible on the screen of the machine. Voters can be identified by three ways—smart cards, voter ID numbers, or finger prints. To identify voters, multiple options can be used, but fingerprint verification is mandatory.

Once a person submits his or her fingerprint, the unit will display information about that person on multiple screens. This feature will aid the polling agents to identify the voter.”

Voter lists with photographs are used in polling stations. EVMs, which were available only in 6 constituencies, used fingerprint identification.