Over 14 million Malays vote today in general election

EC staff making final preparations at a polling station at Stadium Titiwangsa in Kuala Lumpur.

Around 14.4 million Malay­sians will cast their votes today from 8am to 5pm at 28,115 polling stations nationwide.

14,940,624 are registered voters who are eligible to cast their ballots in today’s general election. Of that number, 278,590 are advance voters who cast their ballots last Saturday.

Advance voters comprise qualified military, police and General Operations Force personnel as well as their spouses.

Voters aged below 40 comprise 40.94% of the electorate and are the biggest age group among today’s eligible voters.

Women also outnumber men, making up 50.58% of the 14.9 million voters. A total of 2,333 candidates will be contesting 222 parliamentary seats and 505 state seats.

The Election Commission (EC) expects to announce the results from 8pm Malaysian time this evening. A simple majority of 112 parliamentary seats will be needed to form the Federal Government.

The EC will upload real-time results and all other announcements on its websites www.spr.gov.my and pru14.spr.gov.my and via its app MySPR Semak.

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