PONTIAN: A total of 27 polling centres with 125 streams opened at 8am today for voters in the Tanjung Piai parliamentary constituency to choose their new representative.
Polling will end at 5.30pm.
Number of voters
52,471
Polling centre locations
Tanjung Piai comprises the state constituencies of Pekan Nanas and Kukup.
Pekan Nanas:
Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Parit Kudus
SK Tanjong Ayer Hitam
SK Parit Haji Adnan
SK Melayu Raya
SK Kampong Sawah
SK Seri Bunian
SK Pengkalan Raja
Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Dato’ Mohd Yunos Sulaiman
SMK Pekan Nanas
SK Pekan Nanas
Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan Cina (SJKC) Yung Ming 1 and 2.
Kukup
SK Jeram Batu
SJKC Bin Chong
SJKC Cheow Min
SK Rimba Terjun
SK Sungai Bunyi
SK Rambah
SK Parit Rambai
SK Belokok
SK Telok Kerang
SK Penerok
SK Sungai Boh
SJKC Pei Chao
SMK Sri Kukup
SK Sungai Durian
SK Serkat
SK Andek Mori
Candidates
Karmaine Sardini, Pakatan Harapan
Datuk Seri Dr Wee Jeck Seng, Barisan Nasional
Wendy Subramaniam, Gerakan
Datuk Dr Badhrulhisham Abdul Aziz, Berjasa
Dr Ang Chuan Lock, Independent
Faridah Aryani Abd Ghaffar, Independent
Karmaine is scheduled to vote at SK Telok Kerang, while Wee will cast his ballot at SJKC Yu Ming 1 and 2.
The other four candidates are not registered voters in Tanjung Piai.
Security
The Election Commission has mobilised 1,019 of its personnel to ensure smooth polling; while the police have deployed 1,341 of its personnel to maintain public order and control traffic flow in the area.
Expected turnout
Election Commission target: 70 per cent
Vote tallying centre
Dewan Jubli Intan Sultan Ibrahim
Result announcement
By 10pm