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It’s voting day, finally! After two weeks of campaigning, Malaysians will elect a new government today as they hit the polls for the 15th General Election (GE15).
221 parliamentary seats are being contested today, with one (Padang Serai) postponed to 7 December. Meanwhile, there are also three state elections; Perak, Pahang and Perlis, as well as one state seat contested in Sabah (Bugaya).
We’ll bring you the highlights of what’s happening across the country as polls opened at 8am.
9.05am: There is a long queue at the SMK Bandar Baru Sri Petaling voting centre for the Seputeh parliamentary seat. It’s also beginning to drizzle.
8.50am: Situation at the SJKC Yuh Hua voting centre in Ipoh.
Early morning at the SJK(C) Chung Hua voting centre in Rantau, Negeri Sembilan where voters will elect a new parliamentarian for Rembau. Formerly a Khairy Jamaluddin stronghold, he had to give it up for Umno deputy president Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan who will face Jufitri Joha of PH, Nazree Yunus of PN, Ramly Awalludin of Pejuang and PSM’s Cikgu Tina.
8.45am: As reported by Sinar Harian, Perikatan Nasional (PN) candidate for the Tioman state seat, Md Yunus Ramli passed away this morning at 3.30am.
Other candidates vying for the seat are Datuk Seri Mohd Johari Hussain (BN), Osman Bakar (Pejuang), Mohd Fadzli Mohd Ramli (PH) and independent Sulaiman Bakar.
According to Harian Metro, Pahang Election Commission (EC) director Datuk Zamree Hamli confirmed the matter.
Md Yunus died while receiving treatment at the Rompin Hospital.
8.30am: The elderly and those with disabilities are among the early birds to cast their votes.
8.15am: The queue has started at the Sekolah Menengah Agama Sultan Hisamuddin in Klang.
It’s a 7-cornered fight for the Klang parliamentary seat:
| Tee Hooi Ling | BN (MCA) |
| Dr Jaya Chandran Perumal | PN (Bersatu) |
| V Ganabatirau | PH (DAP) |
| Dr Loo Cheng Wee | Warisan |
| Chandrasegar | PRM |
| Deepak Jaikishan | Independent |
| Hedrhin Ramli @ Awin | Independent |
8.10am: Astro AWANI interviewed Azwan Ali in Gombak, who held up a blue finger and said he was certain his brother, Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali, would lose.
He was also among the early birds to get in line at the SK Klang Gate voting centre.
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