Tuesday May 7, 2013

GE13: 84.84% came out to vote, says EC

PUTRAJAYA: The 13th general election saw the highest percentage of voters coming out to carry out their civic duty, the Election Commission (EC) said.

EC secretary Datuk Kamaruddin Mohamed Baria said that of the total number of 13,268,002 registered voters for the 222 parliamentary seats, 11,257,147 voters or 84.84% of them had cast their votes.

For the 505 state legislative assembly seats contested, 9,742,254 voters or 85.82% of them had exercised their right to vote in the elections, he added.

Kamaruddin said that based on the electoral roll gazetted for GE13, there were 12,885,434 ordinary voters, 146,742 postal voters and 235,826 early voters.

“For the parliamentary seats, the Barisan garnered 5,237,699 votes, PKR (2,254,328 votes), PAS (1,633,389), DAP (1,736,267), Independents (86,935), STAR (45,386), Berjasa (31,835), SWP (15,630), SAPP (10,099), PCM (2,129), Kita (623) and Bersama (257).

“For the state seats, Barisan received 4,513,997 votes, PAS (2,133,944), DAP (1,442,298), PKR (1,303,457), Independents (67,129), STAR (43,793), SAPP (31,324), PSM (8,136), Berjasa (4,756), Kita (1,791), Bersama (823) and PCM (216),” he said in a statement here yesterday.

Kamaruddin said that of the 579 candidates who contested the state seats, 128 of them lost their deposits, with independent candidates forming the largest number totalling 75 people.

For the election results, he said that of the 222 parliamentary seats contested, Barisan won 133 seats, PKR (30), PAS (21) and DAP (38), while for the state seats, Barisan won 275 seats, DAP (95), PAS (86) and PKR (49).

Generally, he said the EC was satisfied with the election process which went smoothly without any undesired incidents affecting the election process.

“In implementing the general election, the EC always followed the law and tried to make the GE13 as the best despite the numerous unexpected challenges which had to be faced,” he added.

Kamaruddin said the EC would study the weaknesses, especially on overcoming congestion at the polling centres in the morning as well as the presence of large number senior citizens there. - Bernama

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