Voters in Padang Serai and Tioman headed to the polls today to choose their Parliamentary representative and state assemblyman respectively. Read on:
Four candidates are fighting it out in both the Padang Serai parliamentary seat and the Tioman state seat.
The Tioman state seat will also be a fight between Perikatan’s Nor Idayu Hashim and Barisan’s Datuk Seri Mohd Johari Hussain although Osman Bakar and Independent Sulaiman Bakar are also in the fray. “I have made up my mind. After all, what have we seen since the formation of the new Federal Government?” he asked.“I have been a Barisan supporter all my life. Now, I have to choose between Pakatan or Perikatan. I am a bit confused,” he lamented.
The majority of the voters are aged between 21 and 30 with 29.1%, followed by those between the ages of 31 to 40 at 19.7%. In a statement, EC secretary Datuk Ikmalrudin Ishak said 132,955 voters are expected to cast their votes in Padang Serai and 28,108 others in Tioman. He said the polling centres would open from 8am to 6pm.
The EC also encouraged the voters to wear face masks, use hand sanitiser and practise physical distancing at the polling centres, while those tested positive for Covid-19 should liaise with the district health officers at the centre for further instructions.
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