KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 5 — Sixty-five per cent of the 927 voters who qualify for early voting in the Pulai parliamentary by-election in Johor have cast their ballots at 12 today, the Election Commission (EC) said.
The majority of the early voters consisted of security forces staff and their families.
The two early voting centres for the federal seat — the Kempas Police Station in Kempas and Wilayah Dua Marine Police Force headquarters in Tampoi — had opened at 8am.
The one in Kempas closed at 12 noon while the other voting centre in Tampoi will close at 5pm.
The EC had earlier said it expected a 99 per cent turnout for early voting in Pulai, national news agency Bernama reported this morning.
Pulai is one of two by-elections called in Johor following the July 23 death of its elected representative Datuk Seri Salahuddin Ayub, who was also domestic trade and living cost minister.
He was also elected to the Simpang Jeram state seat, which is where the other by-election is being held.
However, there is no early voting for Simpang Jeram.
Polling day for both the federal and state seats is this Saturday.
Both seats are being contested by three candidates each.
For Pulai, Suhaizan Kaiat is defending the parliamentary seat for Pakatan Harapan (PH) against challengers Zulkifli Jaafar from Perikatan Nasional (PN) and independent Samsudin Mohamad Fauzi.
For Simpang Jeram, the candidates are Nazri Abdul Rahman (PH), Mohd Mazri Yahya (PN), and independent S. Jegananthan.
