KOTA KINABALU: The Election Commission (EC) has extended the postal voting application deadline for the 17th Sabah State Election to Oct 27. In a statement on Wednesday (Oct 22), the EC said the postal vote applications apply to Category 1B (Malaysian citizens residing abroad) and Category 1C (Agencies/Organisations). "Any eligible voter under Category 1B and Category 1C...
KOTA KINABALU: Universiti Malaysia Sabah has brought forward the first two sessions of its 27th convocation to November 28 to avoid the November 29 Sabah state election. In a statement, UMS said Sessions 3 and 4 on November 30 and Sessions 5 and 6 on December 1 will proceed as scheduled. The university said top management approved...
TAPAH: The Election Commission has announced a win for Barisan Nasional in the Ayer Kuning polls. The EC said Barisan candidate Dr Mohamad Yusri Bakir garnered 11,065 votes, Perikatan Nasional candidate Abd Muhaimin Malek had 6,059 and Parti Sosialis Malaysia's Bawani KS won 1,106 votes. The EC also said there were 289 spoilt votes and total voter...
NIBONG TEBAL: Perikatan Nasional will be represented by a Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) candidate in the Nenggiri state by-election on Aug 17. Bersatu president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said this decision had been made earlier as Nenggiri is a Bersatu seat. "We have already started mobilising our machinery for the initial phase, and other tasks will...
KUALA LUMPUR: Former Nenggiri assemblyman Mohd Azizi Abu Naim has failed to stop the upcoming by-election in Kelantan following the High Court's dismissal of his interim injunction application. Judicial Commissioner Roz Mawar Rozain dismissed the application after hearing lengthy submissions from both parties in her chambers on Thursday (June 27). Lawyer Chetan Jethwani, who represented Parti Pribumi...
NIBONG TEBAL: Potential candidates for the Sungai Bakap by-election are advised to fill in the nomination form and do an initial check with the office of the returning officer or the Penang election office prior to nomination day. Election Commission (EC) secretary Datuk Ikmalrudin Ishak said this was to ensure a smooth nomination process, set to...
PUTRAJAYA: The Election Commission (EC) has set the dates for the Jepak by-election, with Nomination Day falling on Oct 21 and polling day on Nov 4. Early voting has been fixed for Oct 31. ALSO READ: Notice of vacancy for Jepak state seat sent to EC, says S'wak Speaker The dates were announced by EC deputy chairman Dr Azmi...
KUANTAN: The Pelangai state seat will continue to be contested by an Umno candidate representing Barisan Nasional. Bentong Umno deputy chief Datuk Seri Mohamad Zaini Salleh said Pelangai was the only seat in the Bentong parliamentary constituency that had always been contested by Umno. A by-election is on the cards to fill the vacancy left by the...
SEREMBAN: Negri Sembilan DAP chief Anthony Loke hopes voter turnout in the state election will reach at least 70%. He said although the turnout on Saturday (Aug 12) morning was not as high as in previous elections, the numbers should increase with several hours to go before polling centres close at 6pm. "Since the Election Commission introduced...
KUALA LUMPUR: Voter turnout for the six state elections and the Kuala Terengganu parliamentary by-election ranged from 17% to 22% as at 10am on Saturday (Aug 12). According to a X (formerly Twitter) post by the Election Commission (EC), Terengganu had the highest voter turnout at 22% followed by Kedah and Penang at 20%. The voter turnout...
