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JOHOR BAHRU - The early voting process for the 16th Johor State Election involving security personnel and their spouses concluded today after all 62 early voting centres closed by 5pm.
The polling centres, which opened at 8am, were closed in stages according to their locations and the number of registered voters, as determined by the Election Commission (EC).
Earlier, EC chairman Datuk Seri Ramlan Harun told a press conference at Dewan Mahkota, Kem Mahkota in Kluang that 29 early voting centres were closed at noon.
Another five early voting centres closed at 2pm, while the remaining 28 closed at 5pm.
Today's early voting involved 20,607 electors, comprising 8,544 Malaysian Armed Forces personnel and their spouses as well as 12,063 police personnel and their spouses.
As of 3 pm, the EC recorded that 19,136 early voters, or 92.86 per cent, had cast their ballots.
The EC has set a target of 96 per cent turnout for the early voting.
All early ballot boxes will be kept at police stations before the vote counting process begins at 5pm on polling day this Saturday.
On Saturday, 2,727,926 voters are eligible to cast their ballots at 1,140 polling centres across Johor.
A total of 172 candidates are contesting the 56 seats in the Johor State Legislative Assembly. - BERNAMA
