Early voting for Negeri Sembilan state election ends with 88.97% turnout as all 38 centres close at 5pm.
SEREMBAN: Early voting for the 16th Negeri Sembilan State Election, involving security force personnel and their spouses, concluded today after all 38 polling centres closed at 5pm.
The centres, which opened at 8am, were closed in staggered phases based on location and voter turnout, as determined by the Election Commission (EC). Earlier, 18 centres had closed at noon and another two at 2pm.
As of 3pm, the EC’s latest figures showed 88.97% of early voters, 14,651 people, had cast their ballots, comprising 9,827 military personnel and their spouses, and 4,824 police officers and their spouses.
EC chairman Datuk Seri Ramlan Harun told a press conference that the commission had targeted a 90% turnout today.
Early voting involved a total of 22,339 voters. Of these, 16,467 voted in person, comprising 11,293 military personnel and their spouses, and 5,174 police officers and their spouses. The remainder voted by post.
A total of 103 candidates are vying for 36 state seats, with general polling for 889,490 voters scheduled for this Saturday.
For the latest updates on the 16th Negeri Sembilan State Election, visit https://prn.bernama.com/n9.
