Melaka State Election: Voters Begin Queuing as Early as 7 AM at SJKC Malim

MELAKA TENGAH: Voters began queuing as early as 7 am at Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan Cina (SJKC) Malim to fulfil their civic duty in the Melaka State Election today.

Election Commission (EC) personnel were already at the polling centre as early as 6.30 am to make preparations before the voting process began.

The polling centre was scheduled to open at 8 am to allow voters to elect their respective representatives.

Some voters arrived early to avoid congestion and waited for their turn before the polling centre opened its doors.

SJKC Malim is among the polling centres in the Kesidang State Legislative Assembly (DUN) constituency, under the Kota Melaka parliamentary constituency.

The Kesidang state constituency has 54,910 registered voters, comprising 54,343 ordinary voters and 567 police personnel.

Overall, 687,697 registered voters are eligible to vote in this Melaka State Election, including 675,166 ordinary voters scheduled to cast their ballots today.

A total of 240 polling centres with 1,213 polling streams have been set up across Melaka for voters to elect representatives to fill the 28 contested state assembly seats.

Awani