Vote counting commences at Institut Latihan DBKL in Bandar Tun Razak. – LOW LAY PHON/The Star
KUALA LUMPUR: Polling has been completed for the 15th General Election (GE15) and counting of the ballots is underway.
Polling centres opened at 7.30am in Sabah and Sarawak and 8am in the peninsula.
Centres started closing in stages from 11am, with all officially closed and 5.30pm in Sabah and Sarawak, and at 6pm in the peninsula on Saturday (Nov 19).
The results of contests for 220 of the 222 parliamentary seats and 116 of the 117 state seats will be announced as and when they are declared.
Polling for the Padang Serai parliamentary constituency in Kedah and the Tioman state constituency in Pahang has been postponed to Dec 7 following the death of a candidate in each of the two constituencies. The new date for nomination of candidates is Nov 24.
The Pakatan Harapan (PH-PKR) candidate for Padang Serai, M. Karupaiya, died on Wednesday (Nov 16), while the Perikatan Nasional (PN-PAS) candidate for Tioman died early Saturday.
Voting in 11 polling centres in the Baram parliamentary constituency in Sarawak was suspended due to adverse weather. The Election Commission (EC) said the new dates for polling and nomination would be announced later.
The 116 state seats are in Pahang (41 of 42), Perak (59) and Perlis (15), as well as the Bugaya state seat in Sabah, which faces a by-election that was postponed due to the emergency declared to contain the Covid-19 pandemic.
According to the EC, voter turnout was 70% at 4pm. – Bernama
