Polling closes in Chini by-election at 5.30pm, turnout at 72% as of 4pm


-Bernamapic

PEKAN (Bernama): Polling has closed at 5.30 pm in the Chini state by-election, the first by-election since the Covid-19 pandemic.

Earlier at 4pm, the Election Commission (EC) announced that 72% of the 20,816 voters in the Chini state by-election have cast their ballots.

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