Nearly five million people are expected to take part in Turkey's merged presidential and parliamentary elections for the first time.
The Supreme Election Council (YSK) chief Ahmet Yener announced on Monday.
Some 4,904,672 voters will be heading to polls for the first time on May 14 to elect Turkey's 13th president and all 600 lawmakers for Parliament.
This also comes barely three months after the country witnessed an earthquake that left over 50,000 people dead across 11 southeastern provinces.
Yener added that a total of 277,646 Turkish citizens living abroad are also set to become first-time voters.
He also said 989,54 people with visual impairments and orthopaedic disabilities, as well as 3,180,802 senior citizens over 75, will be voting this year.
A total of 53,172 prisoners arrested for negligent offences are eligible to vote, as well, according to Yener.
Quadri Adejumo covers World News, Health, Climate & Humanitarian.
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