Election Commission chairperson Mohd Hashim Abdullah announced May 9 (Wednesday) as the polling date for the 14th general election while the nomination of candidates will take place on April 28.
The campaigning period will be for 11 days.
The announcement was made at the EC headquarters in Putrajaya this morning.
Caretaker prime minister Najib Abdul Razak had announced the dissolution of Parliament on April 7 after receiving the Yang di-Pertuan Agong's consent, to pave the way for the “mother of all polls” in Malaysia.
According to the law, the general election must be held within 60 days from the date of parliament's dissolution.
Apart from determining the federal government, the election would also see the parties battling for control of all states, except Sarawak.
The Sarawak state assembly would not be dissolved as the last state election was held in 2016.
The coming general election would see contests for 222 parliamentary and 505 state seats.
[More to follow] - Mkini
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