TAPAH, April 26 — All 19 polling centres, comprising 63 voting streams, for the Ayer Kuning state by-election opened simultaneously at 8am today.
Eighteen polling centres will remain open until 6pm, except for the one at SK Toh Tandewa Sakti, which will close at 4pm.
31,281 voters are set to cast their ballots today to elect a new assemblyman for the state constituency.
Vote counting will take place at the official tallying centre at Dewan Merdeka, with the official results expected by 9pm tonight.
On Tuesday (April 22), 93.4 per cent of the 500 police officers and their spouses fulfilled their responsibilities at two polling stations during the early voting process for the by-election.
The Ayer Kuning by-election was called following the death of its incumbent Ishsam Shahruddin on February 22 from a heart attack.
It involves a three-cornered contest between Barisan Nasional candidate Dr Mohamad Yusri Bakir, Perikatan Nasional candidate Abd Muhaimin Malek, and K.S. Bawani from Parti Sosialis Malaysia.
Yusri will cast his vote at SK Sungai Lesong, Muhaimin at SK Ayer Kuning, and Bawani at SJK(C) Pheng Lok.
During the 15th general election in November 2022, Ishsam, who was also the Tapah Umno chief, won the seat with a majority of 2,213 votes in a five-cornered fight.
— Bernama
