KKB Polls: Early voter turnout at 33% as at 9.45am, says EC

HULU SELANGOR: A 33% voter turnout has been recorded as at 9.45am on Tuesday (May 7) in conjunction with early voting for the Kuala Kubu Baharu by-election.

Returning officer Yuhanas Auree Kamaruddin said early voting involved a total of 863 voters at two centres, namely the multi-purpose hall of the Royal Malaysian Police College and the 4th Infantry Division of the Royal Signals Regiment.

Both centres were opened at 8am Tuesday.

“About 33% have came out to vote so far, and this is rather high. Many have came to vote since the centres opened at 8am and everything has been smooth,” he told reporters outside the multi-purpose hall of the Royal Malaysian Police College here.

He also called on all registered voters in Kuala Kubu Baharu to exercise their democratic responsibility.

“We have also prepared transit vehicles to ferry voters to their respective stations,” he added.

He added that there would be 18 polling stations on polling day this Saturday (May 11).

Yuhanas Auree said all stations will be opened from 8am to 6pm on Saturday, except for the Bukit Fraser polling station, which will be closed at 2pm.

“There are only 41 registered voters there,” he said.

The by-election sees a four-cornered fight between Pang Sock Tao (Pakatan Harapan), Khairul Azhari Saut (Perikatan Nasional), Hafizah Zainuddin (Parti Rakyat Malaysia) and Independent Nyau Ke Xin.

It is being held following the death of the incumbent Lee Kee Hiong, 58, due to cancer on March 21.

The state constituency has 40,226 registered voters.