14.4 million Malaysians to cast votes today

PETALING JAYA: Some 14.4 million Malay­sians will be casting their votes today from 8am to 5pm at 28,115 polling streams nationwide.

They are part of the country’s 14,940,624 registered voters who are eligible to cast their ballots in this general election.

Of that number, 278,590 are advance voters who cast their ballots last Saturday.

Advance voters comprise qualified military, police and General Operations Force personnel as well as their spouses.

An additional 212,384 are postal voters. Their ballots will be opened and counted by their respective returning officers after 5pm today.

Gen Y voters, or those aged below 40, comprise 40.94% of the electorate and are the biggest age group among the voters.

Finishing touches: EC staff making final preparations at a polling station at Stadium Titiwangsa in Kuala Lumpur.

Women also outnumber men, making up 50.58% of the 14.9 million voters.

A total of 2,333 candidates will be contesting 222 parliamentary seats and 505 state seats.

The Election Commission (EC) has said that it expects to announce the results from 8pm.

A simple majority of 112 parliamentary seats will be needed to form the Federal Government.

The EC will upload real-time results and all other announcements on its websites www.spr.gov.my and pru14.spr.gov.my and via its app MySPR Semak.

The Star will provide updates on polling and results on its portal www.thestar.com.my.