Over half of Melaka has voted by 1.38pm, but is 70pc within reach?

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More than 50 per cent of registered voters in Melaka had cast their ballots by 1.38pm today, passing the halfway mark in the state election.The ...

MELAKA, Nov 14 — More than 50 per cent of registered voters in Melaka had cast their ballots by 1.38pm today, passing the halfway mark in the state election.

The Election Commission’s (EC) real-time Voter Turnout Monitoring dashboard recorded turnout at 50.43 per cent as of 1.38pm, with 337,716 voters having voted.

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

Serkam continued to record the highest turnout among the 28 state constituencies, at 57.19 per cent, while Bandar Hilir was the lowest, at 43.16 per cent.

Serkam was closely followed by Tanjung Bidara at 56.55 per cent, Ayer Molek at 55.93 per cent and Ayer Limau at 55.73 per cent.

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 11.59pm 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.

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