Malaysia

EC to meet today to discuss Pulai, Simpang Jeram by-election dates

Both seats currently vacant due to death of Datuk Seri Salahuddin Ayub on July 23

Updated 3 years ago · Published on 03 Aug 2023 8:42AM

EC to meet today to discuss Pulai, Simpang Jeram by-election dates
The Election Commission will be meeting today to discuss key dates for the Pulai parliamentary and Simpang Jeram state by-elections. – AZIM RAHMAN/The Vibes file pic, August 3, 2023

KUALA LUMPUR – The Election Commission (EC) will hold a special meeting today to fix the key dates for the Pulai parliamentary and Simpang Jeram state by-elections in Johor. 

EC chairman Tan Sri Abdul Ghani Salleh will chair the meeting, which will begin at about 10am at Menara SPR in Putrajaya. 

Among the matters to be discussed are the dates for writ of election, nomination, and polling, and the electoral rolls to be used and other preparations for the by-elections. 

EC is scheduled to hold a press conference after the meeting. 

On July 25, EC secretary Datuk Ikmalrudin Ishak said the meeting was called following the casual vacancies created in the Pulai parliamentary seat and Simpang Jeram state constituency by the death of incumbent representative Datuk Seri Salahuddin Ayub on July 23. 

Salahuddin, 61, who was domestic trade and cost of living minister, died at Sultanah Bahiyah Hospital in Alor Star after undergoing surgery for brain haemorrhage. – Bernama, August 3, 2023

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