MELAKA – The voting process for the Melaka election, which began at 8am today, ended at 5.30pm with the closure of all 217 polling centres at 5.30pm.
According to the electoral roll, there are 495,195 registered voters in Melaka with 476,037 ordinary voters.
The voting process was handled by a total of 12,290 election officials in 28 state constituencies.
Immediately after the polling stations closed, all the ballot boxes from the 1,109 channels were brought to the 28 counting centres here, and the official results will be announced tonight by Election Commission chairman Datuk Abdul Ghani Salleh.
Early voting was held on November 16, involving 11,557 military personnel and police in total, as well as their spouses.
A total of 31 early voting centres with 47 channels were opened for this purpose.
There are also 7,601 postal voters for the Melaka election.
The number of polling centres for the state election stands at 248, with 1,156 channels.
A total of 112 candidates contested in the 28 state seats in Melaka with Barisan Nasional, Perikatan Nasional, and Pakatan Harapan vying for all the seats, Parti Bumiputera Perkasa Malaysia in five seats, Parti Perikatan India Muslim Nasional (one), and independents (22).
The Melaka election was called after the dissolution of the state assembly on October 4, following the action of four assemblymen in withdrawing support for chief minister Datuk Seri Sulaiman Md Ali. – Bernama, November 20, 2021
