LiveBlog: Low turnout as Kinabatangan, Lamag polls remain below 40% by late morning

A family of nine show their inked fingers after completing their responsibilities as voters for the Kinabatangan Parliamentary and Lamag State Legislative Assembly (DUN) by-elections at Sekolah Kebangsaan Bilit today. -- BernamaPic

KINABATANGAN: Voter turnout in the Kinabatangan parliamentary and Lamag state by-elections remained below 40% as of 11am on Saturday (Jan 24), with the Election Commission urging voters to come out later in the day.

Election Commission chairman Datuk Seri Ramlan Harun said turnout in the Kinabatangan parliamentary seat stood at 39.23%, while the Lamag state constituency recorded 38.45% as of the late morning update.