PKR leads in Saratok, DAP trails in Gelang Patah

LIVE REPORTS

7.19pm: Lim Kit Siang (DAP) is still trailing Abdul Ghani Othman (BN) inGelang Patah, Johor. However, he has narrowed the gap with only a little more than 300 votes separating the two.

 

BN - 2,699
DAP - 2,325 

 

Meanwhile in Kulai, Teo Nie Ching (DAP) has increased her lead.

DAP - 2,856 
BN - 1,825

Independent - 19

 

7.16pm: Penang Deputy Chief Minister P Ramasamy (DAP) is on the way of retaining his Perai state seat. He has taken a strong lead in early vote count.

DAP - 2,055
BN - 545
Independent - 5

There are 16,087 voters in this state seat. 

 

7.10pm: Nurul Izzah Anwar (PKR) is trailing far behind Raja Nong Chik Zainal Abidin (BN) in Lembah Pantai, Kuala Lumpur, in early vote count.

BN - 1,783
PKR - 76
Independent - 1

There are 72,533 voters in this parliamentary constituency.

 

7.07pm: Chong Chieng Jen (DAP) is currently leading against Tan Kai (BN) in Bandar Kuching, Sarawak.

BN - 3328
DAP - 6247

Meanwhile, Julian Tan Kok Ping (DAP) is also in the lead against Yong Koon Seng (BN) and Soo Lina (Star) in Stampin.

BN - 3565
DAP - 6115
Star- 3 

 

7.03pm: In Bentong, Pahang, incumbent MP Liow Tiong Lai (BN) is running neck and neck with challenger Wong Tack (DAP). In early vote count, Liow is leading by less than 100 votes.

 

BN - 1,354 

DAP - 1,276

6.55pm: Lim Kit Siang (DAP) is still trailing Abdul Ghani Othman (BN)  in Gelang Patah, Johor. 

BN - 2,237
DAP - 1,382

 

Meanwhile in Kulai, Teo Nie Ching (DAP) is holding on to her lead.

DAP - 1,499
BN - 801

6.48pm: In Penang, DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng in his seat of Air Putih in early count.

DAP - 820
BN - 171

There are 13,848 voters in this state seat. 

6.40pm: DAP candidate Teo Nie Ching, who is former Serdang MP, is leading in Kulai parliamentary seat in Johor.

She is in a three-way fight with Tay Chin Hein (BN) and Surendiran Kuppayah (Independent).

DAP - 1,336
BN - 509

It is very early in the vote count as there are 84,149 voters in this constituency.

6.36pm: BN is leading in Gelang Patah, Johor which sees the contest between two top guns - Abdul Ghani Othman (BN) and Lim Kit Siang (DAP).

BN - 1,532
DAP - 688

There are 106,864 votes in this constituency.

6.27pm: DAP is trailing in two other seats in Sarawak:

In Sibu, BN is leading DAP 3,033 against 1,856 votes.

Lau Lee Ming (BN) is facing Oscar Ling Chai Yew in this seat. There is also an Independent, Narawi Haron.

In Bintulu, BN is leading DAP 6,098 against 2,323.

Tiong King Sing (BN) is defending his seat against John Brian Anthony Jeramy Kuang (DAP).

6.07pm: PKR may pick up the parliamentary seat of Saratok in Sarawak. It is leading after more than one-fifth of the vote counted.

Saratok sees at three-way fight among Ali Biju (PKR), William Ikom (BN) and Ab Roselie Ab Paleng (Independent).

There are 27,630 voters in this constituency located between Kuching and Sibu, comprising 74% Muslim bumiputera, 20% non-Muslim bumiputera and 5% Chinese.

Out of 39 ballot boxes counted:

BN - 2,418
PKR - 3,769
Independent - 86
Spoilt - 61

6.05pm: Malaysiakini journalist stopped from entering the Umno headquarters at the Putra World Trade Centre (PWTC) where top leaders are expected to be there later tonight to wait for the results.

Malaysiakini was not barred from PWTC in 2008.

6pm: After a full day of polling, it's now down to the nitty-gritty procedures relating to counting.

At the close of the day, the presiding officer at the 8,245 polling stations across the nation will seal the ballot boxes in the presence of the candidates' polling agents.

All of them are to affix their signatures or seals on the ballot boxes. Then the Election Commission officer will compare the number of ballot papers issued based on his or her records with those not used in front of the polling agents. The numbers must match.

When all the ballot papers are accounted for, the presiding officer will reopen the boxes and proceed to count the ballots in front of the agents.

Each ballot paper will be shown to the agents as it is counted. Ballot papers which do not conform to the rules, such as spoilt votes, will be marked ‘rejected’ while the accepted ones will be added to the respective candidates tally.

After the votes are counted at the various polling stations, a statement of the results of the poll will then be sent to the returning officer at the central counting centre located in each constituency.

The returning officer, on receiving the results from the polling stations, will add all these votes, inclusive of postal votes, to determine the winner.