Polling ends, counting of ballots begins
The results of the contest for 220 of the 222 parliamentary seats and 116 of the 117 state seats will be announced tonight.
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Polling for the 15th general election (GE15) has ended, and the counting of ballots has begun.
Polling centres opened at 7.30am in Sabah and Sarawak and 8am in the peninsula. They closed in stages between 11am and 5.30pm in Sabah and Sarawak and at 6pm in the peninsula.
The results of the contest for 220 of the 222 parliamentary seats and 116 of the 117 state seats will be announced tonight as and when they are declared.
Polling in the Padang Serai parliamentary constituency in Kedah and the Tioman state constituency in Pahang was postponed to Dec 7 following the death of a candidate in each of the two constituencies.
The new date for the nomination of candidates is Nov 24.
The Pakatan Harapan (PH-PKR) candidate for Padang Serai, incumbent M Karupaiya, died on Wednesday, while the Perikatan Nasional (PN-PAS) candidate for Tioman died early today.
According to the Election Commission, voter turnout was 70% as of 4pm.
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