KLUANG: Mahkota voters from various backgrounds are seen at the polling stations casting their votes for the by-election which is being held on Saturday.
Voters have been seen queuing up as early as 7.30am to exercise the right to vote.
Saturday’s (Sept 28) by-election will see a straight fight between Barisan Nasional's Syed Hussien Syed Abdullah and Perikatan Nasional's Mohamad Haizan Jaafar.
Voters seen seated while waiting to enter into their respective polling stations to cast their votes.
Barisan Nasional candidate Syed Hussien Syed Abdullah has cast his vote at SMK Seri Perdana.
A lady in a wheelchair heads to cast her vote.
Voters seen queueing up at SMK Seri Perdana, one of the polling centres in the Mahkota by-election from as early as 7.30am on Saturday.
Young voters have also arrived early at SMK Seri Perdana, one of the biggest polling centres in the Mahkota by-election, to cast their ballots.
One of the earliest in line at SMK Seri Perdana was Kong Ah Mui, 63, who said her six children could not return home to vote in the Mahkota by-election as they are working outside of Kluang.
Muhammad Ismael, 31, was among outstation voters who returned home to vote for the Mahkota by-election.
Perikatan Nasional candidate for the Mahkota by-election Mohamad Haizan Jaafar, 61, arrived at the SK Kampong Melayu polling centre to cast his vote.
A voter is seen entering the polling station to cast his vote.
Mahkota polls: Voters are seen queuing up as early as 7.30am to cast their votes.
Young Mahkota voters have cast their votes.
Two ladies in wheelchairs exercised their voting rights at the Mahkota polls on Saturday.
Mohammad Hilmi Zainal (in a wheelchair) with his siblings who came back from other states to vote in the election.
Law Kim Yang (right), a 101-year-old voter, has cast his vote at SJKC Chong Eng Presbyterian Kluang.
New mom and first-time voter Nur Syafiqah Azani, 19, cast her ballot at the SMK Seri Perdana polling centre while carrying her baby girl.
Election Commission (EC) deputy chairman Dr Azmi Sharom checking on the progress of the Mahkota polls at the SK Kampong Melayu voting centre here.
Voter Norliza Mohd Yusof, 54, got into an accident and fell from her motorcycle in Taman Suria, Kluang after casting her ballot. She was riding a pillion with her eldest son when the incident happened.
Restaurant owner Wong Shan Ting is seen serving voters free Taiwan popcorn chicken at her restaurant in Jalan Dato Teoh Siew Khor in Kluang. Pix by: Yee Xiang Yun/TheStar
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