POLLING DAY | Voting for the six state elections is underway.
News reports from the ground.
Caretaker K’tan deputy MB casts his vote
8.30am: Panchor, Pengkalan Chepa - Caretaker Kelantan deputy menteri besar Mohd Amar Abdullah casts his vote at the voting centre in Sekolah kebangsaan Panji in Kota Bharu, Kelantan.
The PAS vice-president, who was clad in a green batik shirt, was accompanied by his wife Hasmani Hussain.
Amar is competing against Pakatan Harapan candidate Syed Mohd Alidustur Syed Mohd Zain to defend the Panchor state seat, which he has held since 2004.
Amirudin optimistic about retaining Harapan-BN rule in S'gor
9am: Selayang, Selangor - Caretaker Selangor Menteri Besar Amirudin Shari is optimistic that Pakatan Harapan-BN will retain the state administration.
Speaking to reporters after casting his vote, together with his wife Masdiana Muhamad at SJKT Selayang Baru this morning, the Sungai Tua Adun, also expresses hope that there would be an increase in Malay votes.
"I'm 70 to 80 percent optimistic, but hopefully there will be an increase in Malay seats to enable us to capture 40 to 41 seats, which is more than a two-thirds majority.
"We worked day and night (for the election) and today is the day of judgement. I’m confident the non-Malays will come out and vote too," he says.
To avoid the traffic jam, Amirudin, and his wife came on a motorcycle, which he says would also ease his travel to other polling centres under the Sungai Tua constituency.
I didn’t choose Azmin, Azwan says
8.30am: Hulu Kelang, Selangor - After voting, Azwan Ali tells reporters he did not vote for his brother Azmin.
"(My vote) wasn't for flesh and blood, no voting for siblings," he says.
Azwan says that his attempts to make amends with Azmin had been ignored, so now he would be teaching him a lesson.
He adds that he voted for someone who can be a capable leader.
Siblings cast early votes in Bandar Country Homes
8.30am: Rawang, Selangor - A group of four siblings became the first to vote at SK Taman Desa 2 in Bandar Country Homes today, after lining up at 6.30am.
The youths - Siti Nur Aleya Shafiqah Ridzuan, 25, Mohd Rasydan Raziq, 23, Mohd Danial Iqbal, 21, and Siti Nur Alyssa Nabila, 18 - say they are enthusiastic to cast ballots today to show that youths too take the democratic process seriously.
"It is the first time our sister Alyssa voting, so we want her to have a smooth ballot-casting experience.
"We also want to show that the youth have a realisation on the importance of voting now. So that's why we arrived at 6.30am," says the eldest child Aleya.
8.15am: Panchor, Kelantan - Disabled youth Zairul Akmar, 20, is among the first to vote at SK Panji, Kota Bharu.
It's the second time the youth, who has a knee disability and uses a walker to move about, is voting, with the first being GE15.
He was accompanied by his mother Anne Suhaida Abdul Rashid, 50.
8:15am: Hulu Kelang, Selangor - Actor Azwan Ali is seen waiting outside the voting centre SK Klang Gate, where his brother Azmin Ali will cast his ballot.
The two have an adversarial relationship, with Azwan having contested against Azmin for the Bukit Antarabangsa state seat in 2018.
Azmin had moved from Bukit Antarabangsa to Hulu Kelang which is seen as a safer seat for him after losing the Gombak parliament seat last year.
8am: Voters in the six state elections and the Kuala Terengganu by-election will be casting their ballots from 8am to 6pm.
The contest for Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, Penang, Kedah, Terengganu and Kelantan is Anwar Ibrahim’s first litmus test since becoming prime minister eight months ago.
His rivals from Perikatan Nasional have described the elections as a referendum on his leadership and the Pakatan Harapan-BN coalition government, with PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang claiming the outcome could also change the equation in Putrajaya.
PN is hoping to capitalise on the “Green Wave” which carried the nascent coalition across the finish line in 73 federal seats in last November’s general election, largely due to Malay-Muslim votes, and forced Harapan and BN to form an alliance. - Mkini
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