State polls: Analysts, party heads disagree on voter turnout

An Election Commission banner in Kuala Kubu Baru urging people to cast their ballot. — AZMAN GHANI/The Star

GEORGE TOWN,: As a matter of consensus, the Election Commission (EC) usually looks for about 70 per cent of voters to carry out their responsibility to determine the formation of the government, but there is a trend of decreasing voter turnout after the 14th general election (GE) in 2018.

Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) political analyst Datuk Prof Dr P. Sivamurugan believes that the state election this time will show the same trend for each state because registered voters are describing it as not so important as the government has already been formed at the federal level.