Malaysia Election Voter Turnout

Voters wearing protective masks queue up to cast their votes during the sabah state election in sk pulau gaya september 26 2020.

Malaysia election voter turnout. Voting is underway in a fiercely contested malaysian election that pits an opposition led by former leader mahathir mohamad against the ruling coalition of pm najib razak. In the last election in 2013 voter turnout was recorded at 85 per cent. Results will start trickling in from 9pm.

With 73 67 per cent of voter turnout the majority is high. Election commission ec chairman abdul ghani salleh said this amounted to 749 083 voters who had cast their. While the by election was a good opportunity for umno and pas to test their combined machinery what is more pertinent is the young voters who turned out in higher numbers to support muafakat nasional.

Both independent candidates lost their deposits. Pictures by firdaus latif. Kota kinabalu sept 26 forty one per cent voter turnout was reported for the sabah state election as at noon today compared to 32 per cent reported at 11am.

The election commission reported that the voter turnout at 3pm was 70 20 surpassing the 70 it had anticipated. With more than a week to polling day the election commission s ec s optimism that there will be a 70 voter turnout during the upcoming sabah state election does not reflect the reality on the ground due to the worrying trend of a spike in covid 19 infections. The drastic uptick in covid 19 cases in the east coast of sabah has dampened expectations for voter turnout with the ec revising its turnout forecast from 75 per cent to 70 per cent.

The election monitoring think tank also in its findings projected a low voter turnout the election process owing to the diminishing public interest in the process and low voter education by inec. The 16th sabah state election recorded a voter turnout of 66 61. The 5th malaysian general election was held between saturday 8 july and saturday 22 july 1978 during which the total number of registered voters was 5 059 689.

It is expected around 1 12 million eligible voters will be casting their ballot. With 3 596 732 people turning to cast their ballots the voter turnout was 75 3.