Malaysia GE 15

[superadmin]

42% voter turnout as of noon

PETALING JAYA: About 42% of eligible voters had gone out to cast their ballots as of noon, the Election Commission (EC) reported.

This means that more than 8.9 million votes had been cast so far, with polling scheduled to end at 6pm in the peninsula and 5.30pm in Sabah and Sarawak.

There are 21,173,638 voters eligible to cast their ballots in the general election.

Of the 224,832 eligible early voters comprising policemen, soldiers and their spouses, 212,961, or 94.72%, had cast their ballots on Nov 15.

Polling centres in the peninsula opened at 8am while centres in Sabah and Sarawak opened at 7.30am.

- More -