KULIM: The early voting process for Padang Serai parliamentary election went smoothly at the Kulim police headquarters beginning 8am today.
There are 76 eligible voters among policemen and officers for the Padang Serai polls.
Kedah police chief Datuk Wan Hassan Wan Ahmad was present to inspect the balloting process.
The Padang Serai parliamentary seat was previously held by PH's M. Karupaiya when he secured an 8,813 vote-majority win, beating MCA candidate Datuk Dr Leong Yong Kong and Mohammad Sobri Osman from Pas in the previous general election.
Karupaiya, 69, was nominated again by PH on Nov 5 to defend the seat but died on Nov 16, two days after being admitted to Kulim Hospital due to a heart attack while campaigning.
Following his death, the Election Commission postponed the Padang Serai polls to Dec 7.
Padang Serai has 133,767 eligible voters, with 81,230 voters in the Lunas state constituency and the remaining 52,546 voters in the Merbau Pulas constituency.