If all goes well, the Election Commission (EC) should be able to know the result of the by-election between 7.15pm and 7.30pm.
But the result will be announced after the Maghrib (evening) prayers at 8pm when the supporters of both parties will be present, EC chairman Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof said Saturday.
He said eight polling centres with 18 polling streams had been made available for the 9,060 normal voters in Bagan Pinang.
There 4,604 postal voters in the constituency. Thursday and Friday had been allocated for them to cast their votes.
As rain was forecast in the constituency Sunday, Abdul Aziz urged voters to come to vote early. Voting will be closed at 5pm.
The Bagan Pinang by-election is a straight fight between Tan Sri Mohd Isa Samad of the Barisan Nasional and Zulkefly Omar of PAS. It is being held following the death of state assemblyman, Azman Mohd Noor of the BN, on Sept 4. Source Bernama.
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