Ayer Kuning polls: Voting ends at 6pm

Ballot boxes from all 63 channels are being moved to the vote counting centre at Dewan Merdeka.

26 Apr 2025 06:20pm
Compilation of photos of voters who have completed their voting responsibilities in the Ayer Kuning State Legislative Assembly (DUN) by-election at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Bidor today. Photo by Bernama
Compilation of photos of voters who have completed their voting responsibilities in the Ayer Kuning State Legislative Assembly (DUN) by-election at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Bidor today. Photo by Bernama

TAPAH - Voting for the Ayer Kuning state by-election has officially ended after all polling centres closed at 6 pm today.

Voting at all but one of the 19 voting centres - at Sekolah Kebangsaan Toh Tandewa Sakti, which closed earlier at 4pm - stopped at 6pm, and ballot boxes from all 63 channels are being moved to the vote counting centre at Dewan Merdeka here.

The official results of the by-election, called after assemblyman Ishsam Shahruddin died of a heart attack on Feb 22, are expected to be announced by the Election Commission (EC) as early as 9pm tonight.

A voter's finger is dipped in ink while voting in the Ayer Kuning State Legislative Assembly (DUN) by-election at the Sungai Kroh Chinese National-Type School polling center today. Photo by Bernama
A voter's finger is dipped in ink while voting in the Ayer Kuning State Legislative Assembly (DUN) by-election at the Sungai Kroh Chinese National-Type School polling center today. Photo by Bernama

The commission had announced that 54 per cent of the 31,281 registered voters had cast their votes as of 4 pm today, while 93.4 per cent of 500 police personnel and their spouses eligible for early voting had voted at two centres on Tuesday.

Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate Dr Mohamad Yusri Bakir is taking on Perikatan Nasional’s (PN) Abd Muhaimin Malek and Parti Sosialis Malaysia’s (PSM) Bawani KS in a three-corner fight. - BERNAMA

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