Sg Bakap polls: PN candidate Abidin says happy with voter turnout in the morning

NIBONG TEBAL: Perikatan Nasional candidate Abidin Ismail cast his vote at SK Sungai Duri at about 8.20am on Saturday (July 6).

Clad in a white shirt, the PAS Nibong Tebal division deputy chief arrived with his supporters at 8.13am.

"Alhamdullilah, the voter turnout this morning is good," he said to reporters after casting his vote.

His mother Che Rafiah Zakaria, 79, had voted earlier at the same polling station.

Abidin, who hails from Sungai Duri, said he was initially waiting for his mother before casting his vote.

"I didn't realised that she was already here with my sister," he said.

Abidin, the third of four siblings, said his family including his 18-year-son – a first-time voter – will be rooting for Perikatan.

Pakatan Harapan candidate Dr Joohari Ariffin won't be casting his ballot as he is a voter in the Sungai Acheh state constituency, which is part of the Nibong Tebal parliamentary constituency.

The by-election is a straight fight between Dr Joohari and Abidin.

It is being held following the death of incumbent Nor Zamri Latiff on May 24 due to stomach inflammation.

The Sungai Bakap state poll is the eighth by-election since GE15. Previous by-elections were for the Kuala Terengganu parliamentary seat in Terengganu, the Simpang Jeram state seat and the Pulai parliamentary seat in Johor, the Pelangai state seat in Pahang, the Jepak state seat in Sarawak, the Kemaman parliamentary seat in Terengganu and the Kuala Kubu Baharu state seat in Selangor.