Melaka turnout hits 40.32pc by noon, Serkam leads the way

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More than 40 per cent of registered voters in Melaka had cast their ballots by noon today in the state election.The Election Commission’s (EC) real-time ...

MELAKA, Nov 14 — More than 40 per cent of registered voters in Melaka had cast their ballots by noon today in the state election.

The Election Commission’s (EC) real-time Voter Turnout Monitoring dashboard recorded turnout at 40.32 per cent as of 12pm, with more than 270,000 voters having voted.

Serkam recorded the highest turnout among the 28 state constituencies, at 46.65 per cent, while Bandar Hilir had the lowest, at 35.26 per cent.

The EC is targeting a 70 per cent turnout in the election, which sees 79 candidates contesting 28 seats.

A total of 240 polling centres, comprising 1,213 polling streams, opened at 8am today for the 16th Melaka state election.

Voting is scheduled to continue until 6pm, following the end of the 14-day campaign period at 11.59 last night.

The EC said 675,166 ordinary voters are eligible to cast their ballots in the election.

The total number of registered voters is 687,697, including 12,531 military personnel, their spouses and police personnel who were eligible to vote during the early voting phase on Tuesday.

Early voting was conducted at 31 polling centres, with 9,417 of the 9,917 eligible voters casting their ballots in person, representing a turnout of 94.96 per cent.

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