Early voting tomorrow for Padang Serai, Tioman seats

A total of 76 early voters comprising police personnel will cast their ballots tomorrow for the Padang Serai parliamentary seat in Kedah, while 243 police personnel will cast their votes in the Tioman state seat in Pahang. 

Election Commission (EC) secretary Ikmalrudin Ishak said in a statement today that the early voting process for the Padang Serai parliamentary seat at the multipurpose hall at the Kulim district police headquarters would run from 8am to 2pm.

As for the Tioman state seat, he said the early voting process would take place at the Rompin district police headquarters (from 8am to 5pm) and the Tekek police station, Pulau Tioman (from 8am to 12pm).

"The EC advises (early) voters who are Covid-positive to contact the district health officer to facilitate their early voting process.

"The early voting process will also be observed by the agents of the candidates," he said, adding that the process at selected voting centres would also be streamed live on the EC’s Facebook page.

Ikmalrudin said the ballot boxes would be kept at police station lockups, with the counting of ballot papers conducted on Dec 7 starting at 4pm at the designated counting stations.

The EC also advised early voters to check their voting information at https://mysprsemak.spr.gov.my or by contacting the EC hotline at 03-88927018 or 03-88880040 or via the MySPR Semak application.

The contest for the Padang Serai parliamentary seat will see a six-cornered fight among Pakatan Harapan (PH) candidate Mohamad Sofee Razak, C Sivaraajh (Barisan Nasional), Azman Nasrudin (Perikatan Nasional) and Hamzah Abd Rahman (Pejuang).

The other two contenders are Mohd Bakhri Hashim, representing Warisan, and independent candidate Sreanandha Rao.

Warisan had announced that it would not take part in the election, although the party logo would still appear on the ballot paper as it had already been registered as one of the competing parties.

Meanwhile, the Tioman state seat will witness a five-cornered fight among PN candidate Nor Idayu Hashim, Mohd Johari Hussain (BN), Osman A Bakar (Pejuang), Sulaiman Bakar (independent) and Mohd Fadzli Mohd Ramly of PH.

Fadzli is making way for the BN candidate to increase the latter’s chances of winning, but his name will still appear on the ballot papers.

The EC has set Dec 7 as polling day. Nomination was held on Nov 24.