ROMPIN: The Election Commission (EC) said it is in a state of readiness for a wet voting day in Tioman, following the threat of the northeast monsoon.
EC secretary Datuk Ikmalrudin Ishak said there would be no polling centres in flood-risk areas and that voters should not worry about fulfilling their responsibility as electorates.
"The nine polling centres that we have prepared will serve as temporary evacuation centres and, God willing, the selected areas will not be flooded," he told reporters after visiting an early voting centre at the Rompin district police headquarters today.
A total of 17 polling stations will be opened for the Tioman state seat election. Five of the stations are located on Tioman island.
The Tioman state seat election has been rescheduled to Dec 7, following the death of Perikatan Nasional (PN) candidate Md Yunus Ramli, 61, on election day on Nov 19, believed to be the result of a heart attack.
The contest will be a five-cornered tussle among Barisan Nasional candidate Datuk Seri Mohd Johari Hussain, Mohd Fadzli Mohd Ramly (Pakatan Harapan), Nor Idayu Hashim (PN), Osman A. Bakar (Pejuang) and Sulaiman Bakar (independent).
The electoral roll contains 28,465 voters, comprising 28,200 ordinary voters, 262 police personnel and three overseas voters. -- Bernama