KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 578 early voting centres, involving 970 channels, will open at 8 am today for the15th General Election (GE15) and the Bugaya state by-election in Sabah.

According to the latest electoral roll, there are 117,473 members of the armed forces and their spouses, as well as 107,355 police personnel and their spouses eligible for early voting

The voting centres, to be opened at the state police headquarters, the district police headquarters and army camps, will close in stages, from noon until 5 pm.

The electoral roll being used for GE15 has 21.2 million electors, with 20.91 million of them ordinary voters.

GE15 will see candidates vying for 222 parliamentary seats and 117 state seats in Pahang, Perlis and Perak, as well as for the Bugaya state seat in Sabah.

The Election Commission (EC) has set Nov 19 as the polling day for GE15.

-- BERNAMA