Permatang Pauh by-election: 25 polling centres open at 8am

A total of 25 polling centres with 130 channels for the Permatang Pauh by-election were opened at 8 am today to enable 71,252 voters to cast their ballot.

The polling centres will be closed at 5pm. The early voting process involving 627 early voters was held last Sunday at two channels, namely Dewan Gemilang in Seberang Perai Tengah (SPT) district police headquarters and Kubang Semang police station quarters here.

Situation was tensed at Sekolah Kebangsaan Seri Penanti earlier when Barisan Nasional and PKR supporters shouted and provoked each other.

9:45am mesej provokasi diteruskan di bawah flyover berdekatan SK Seri Penanti #PRKPermatangPauh @501Awani pic.twitter.com/UyN5GknkgZ
— HilalAzmi (@HilalAzmi) May 7, 2015

9:55am "Pancing duit" antara yang disorak di Penanti.. #PRKPermatangPauh @501Awani pic.twitter.com/yKd3nLIIeg
— HilalAzmi (@HilalAzmi) May 7, 2015

Pihak @PDRMsia berkawal di depan SK Seri Penanti .. #PRKPermatangPauh @501Awani pic.twitter.com/3e0RXtIECM
— HilalAzmi (@HilalAzmi) May 7, 2015

Keadaan tegang di luar SK Seri Menanti di mana penyokong BN & penyokong PKR bertekak sesama sendiri @501Awani pic.twitter.com/vBHRrtfu69
— T.K. Letchumy (@TKLetchumy) May 7, 2015

BN candidate Suhaimi Sabudin was among the first to cast his vote at SMK Guar Perahu:

Tepat jam 8 pagi pintu di SMK Guar Perahu dibuka untuk pengundi Permatang Pauh menunaikan tanggungjawab @501Awani pic.twitter.com/2LxGnRI0sD
— T.K. Letchumy (@TKLetchumy) May 7, 2015

Antara pengundi pertama yang tiba di pusat mengundi di SMK Guar Perahu ialah calon BN Suhaimi Sabudin @501Awani pic.twitter.com/otReUEgqLR
— T.K. Letchumy (@TKLetchumy) May 7, 2015

Pengundi Permatang Pauh berbaris menunggu giliran untuk membuang undi di SMK Guar Perahu @501Awani pic.twitter.com/jmVBT1O9lu
— T.K. Letchumy (@TKLetchumy) May 7, 2015

EC deputy chairman Datuk Seri Mohd Hashim Abdullah said EC expected the voter turnout percentage to reach 80 per cent out of the 71,890 eligible voters in the constituency.

Calon @barisanasional Suhaimi Sabudin memasuki perkarangan SMK Guar Perahu pada 8:05pagi #PRKPermatangPauh @501awani pic.twitter.com/s9ytVdjRzI
— HilalAzmi (@HilalAzmi) May 7, 2015

"Pak Lang! Segakkk nampak harini.." Antara sembang2 pengundi di Pusat Pengundian #PRKPermatangPauh @501awani pic.twitter.com/jKq21XIakb
— HilalAzmi (@HilalAzmi) May 7, 2015

"EC expects the voter turnout percentage this time to decrease to 80 per cent from 88.50 per cent during the 13th general election in May, 2013," he said.

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