EC targets 95 per cent turnout for Melaka early voting

The Election Commission (EC) in Malaysia is aiming for a 95% turnout during early voting for the Melaka election that is taking place today. EC chairman Datuk Seri Ramlan Harun shared that as of 10:35am, the turnout was at 53.225%, with 5,286 military and police personnel already casting their votes. There are a total of 9,769 military personnel and 2,792 police personnel eligible to vote in the early voting today, which has commenced at 31 polling centres across the state, involving 50 streams.

Ramlan inspected the early voting process at the SK Terendak polling centre and expressed satisfaction with the progress so far. The EC is hopeful that the voting trend will continue until the evening and reach the desired 95% turnout. Some polling centres will close in stages, depending on the number of registered voters at each stream, with nineteen polling centres expected to close by noon, another three around 2pm, and nine about 5pm.

As reported to the EC's monitoring team by Ramlan, there have been 237 election offences as of last night, including matters related to campaigning, flags, campaign materials, and other issues. These offences were minor under election regulations. Ramlan emphasized that no major incidents have been reported during the campaign, urging all political parties to continue campaigning responsibly and orderly without causing any disturbances.