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Election fever: A file picture showing voters queuing up to check their voting details at a school in Ampang for the previous election. The five-year mandate given to Barisan Nasional ends on June 24.

THE guessing game over when the general election will be held has been going on for some time now.

The current sitting of the Parliament is the last one in the five-year mandate given to Barisan Nasional. The mandate ends on June 24, 2018. The government needs to go back to the people for a fresh mandate within 60 days, which means technically the general election needs to be held before mid August.