Polling centre at Balai Raya Pulau Besar first to close

 

The polling centre, which opened at 8am, had only one channel for the 34 eligible voters in the Tenggaroh constituency, was opened for three hours. - BERNAMA pic.

JOHOR BAHRU: The polling centre at Balai Raya Pulau Besar in Mersing was closed at 11am today, making it the first for the Johor state election.

The polling centre, which opened at 8am, had only one channel for the 34 eligible voters in the Tenggaroh constituency, was opened for three hours.

According to the Election Commission (EC), 22 per cent of the voters went to cast their vote before the polling centre was closed at 11am.

EC chairman Datuk Abdul Ghani Salleh and EC secretary Datuk Ikmalrudin Ishak were on the ground and went to several polling centres, including at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Taman Selesa Jaya 2 in the Skudai state constituency and at Dewan Hassan Abdullah, in the Perling state constituency to observe the voting process.

A total of 1,021 polling stations were opened statewide for the voting process today to allow 2,539,606 ordinary voters, out of 2,597,742 registered voters in the state, to exercise their right.

There are 239 candidates from 15 political parties contesting for 56 state seats in this state election.-- BERNAMA