PD POLLS | After two weeks of intense campaigning, it's finally polling day for the Port Dickson by-election.
A strong win for Pakatan Harapan’s candidate Anwar Ibrahim today will ensure the former's comeback into Parliament and a solid mandate as the prime minister-in-waiting.
The PKR president-elect is, however, up against his former aide Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan and former Negeri Sembilan MB Mohd Isa Abdul Samad, both running as independents.
The remaining candidates are PAS' Mohd Nazari Mokhtar and independents Stevie Chan, Lau Seck Yan and Kan Chee Yuen.
Port Dickson has 75,212 voters, with an ethnic breakdown of 43 percent Malays, 33 percent Chinese and 22 percent Indians.
Early voting, involving over 7,000 voters, took place on Oct 9.
Today's polls was triggered by the controversial 'PD move', in which incumbent MP PKR's Danyal Balagopal Abdullah vacated the seat to facilitate Anwar's return to active politics.
Danyal had won the seat with a comfortable 17,710-vote majority, or 59 percent of the total votes cast, against MIC's V Mogan and PAS' Mahfuz Roslan.
Malaysiakini brings you live reports on the ground today.
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
EC expecting 70 percent voter turnout
7am: Port Dickson - The Election Commission (EC) expects a 70 percent voter turnout today.
Up to 32 polling stations with 154 polling streams will be open from 8am to 5.30pm.
Meanwhile, over 1,403 EC staff and 800 police personnel are deployed to ensure a smooth voting process.
The EC advises voters to check their polling information via MySPR Semak or on the EC portal. They can also call 03-88927018 or send an SMS to 15888.
Results are expected to be announced by 10pm at the Port Dickson Municipal Council hall here. -Mkini
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