ROMPIN: Four polling stations on Pulau Tioman will be closed at 2pm while another will shut its doors an hour later.
Based on the list issued by the Election Commission (EC), a total of 2,010 voters were registered to cast their ballots at five polling centres on the island which opened at 8am.
"The SK Juara, SK Mukut, Kampung Genting community hall and Salang Pusaka resort polling centres will operate between 8am and 2pm while the polling station at SMK Tekek will close at 3pm.
"After polling ends, the ballot papers from Pulau Tioman will be taken to the Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Silver Jubilee hall tallying centre using a helicopter," said the EC.
Based on the list, there were 17 polling stations in the Tioman state constituency including five on the island involving 52 channels.
Ten polling centres on the mainland will be open between 8am and 6pm while two, SK Sungai Mok and SK Denai will close at 4pm.
The Tioman state seat polls will see a five-cornered fight between Barisan Nasional's incumbent Datuk Seri Johari Hussain, Idayu Hashim from Perikatan Nasional(PN), Pejuang's Osman A. Bakar, Mohd Fadzli Mohd Ramly from Pakatan Harapan, and independent candidate Sulaiman Bakar.
The 15th General Election for the Tioman state seat was postponed due to the death of PN candidate Md Yunus Ramli, 61, on polling day on Nov 19.