HULU SELANGOR, May 11 — Eighteen polling centres with 74 voting streams for the Kuala Kubu Baharu by-election opened at 8am today.
All centres will close at 6pm, except for the SJKC Bukit Fraser station, which closes at 2pm as it is only expecting 40 voters.
A total of 39,269 voters are eligible to cast their ballots today.
Vote tallying will be done at Dewan Serbaguna dan Kompleks Sukan Daerah Hulu Selangor here, and official results are expected at 10pm.
Voting will be managed by 760 Election Commission (EC) workers, while 1,133 police personnel have been deployed.
On Tuesday, 97 per cent, or 769 police and military personnel and their spouses, cast their ballots in early voting.
It was held at two polling centres — Signals Regiment of the 4th Infantry Division, Camp Erskine, and Dewan Serbaguna Maktab Polis Diraja Malaysia — which each have three polling streams.
The by-election is a four-cornered fight involving Pang Sock Tao (Pakatan Harapan), Khairul Azhari Saut (Perikatan Nasional), Hafizah Zainuddin (Parti Rakyat Malaysia) and Nyau Ke Xin (Independent).
The candidates will not vote as they are not registered voters in the constituency.
The seat fell vacant following the death of Lee Kee Hiong, 58, of DAP on March 21 due to cancer.
In the state election in August last year, Lee defeated challengers from Perikatan Nasional, Parti Rakyat Malaysia and Muda with a majority of 4,119 votes to retain the seat for her third consecutive term.
— Bernama
