More than in millions Malaysians proceeded to go to the ballot box before polling centres shut down at 6pm on Saturday to elect six state governments, followed by a perilous two-week campaign, where attacks on political oppositions echoed far more than election pledges. As at 4pm – eight hours after voting started – about two-thirds of mostly 9.7 million eligible voters for the 245 state assembly seats had cast their ballots in Selangor, Penang, Negeri Sembilan, Kedah, Kelantan and Terengganu.
But Selangor, held by Pakatan Harapan (PH), saw just 65 per cent of votes cast, contrasted with 70 per cent and 68 per cent appropriately in Perikatan Nasional (PN) states Terengganu and Kedah. This led to rulers from the ruling PH creating impassioned last-minute requests for supporters in Selangor to go for the polling centres. Political scientist Wong Chin Huat said that looking at the unclear visibility of non-Malay voters who hugely avoid the Malay-Muslim nationalist opponent, there was a tentativeness about happening of the turnout, which is set to expand that of the 2021 Melaka and 2022 Johor state polls, “may be all led by PN voters”.
The unofficial consequences are tentatively going to be happening late Saturday night. A woman, 61-year-old, who had to depend on a walker, along with her granddaughter. She had got injured legs in a recent accident that she was met with. “I always come early to complete my responsibility as a voter,” she said. Local celebrity Azwan Ali was also located at the polling centre for Hulu Kelang.