Nearly RM730mil spent for GE15, Dewan Rakyat told


KUALA LUMPUR: RM725mil was spent in organising the 15th General Election (GE15) last year, according to Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reforms) Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said

“The estimated cost of holding GE15 was RM1bil. But, up till January this year, the Election Commission spent RM725mil for GE15,” said Azalina in a parliamentary reply dated March 1.

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