TENANG BY-ELECTION: Voters Turnout

TENANG BY-ELECTION: Voters Turnout. 
As at 1.51 noon is 56.02%

The Election Commission expects an 80 per cent turnout given that many of the town's residents who work outstation are back for the Chinese New Year holidays.  But it is now raining heavily and this could affect attendance.

There are 32 polling streams and 12 polling centres. Voting began at 8am and will end at 5 pm. The earliest the unofficial results are likely to be known is after 8pm.

Tenang by-election fact-box

Constituency: N5 Tenang

Candidates: BN - Mohd Azahar Ibrahim, 39, former Rengit assistant land administrator; PAS - Normala Sudirman, 39, Labis Muslimat chief and former teacher

Incumbent: Datuk Sulaiman Taha (BN) (Sulaiman died on Dec 17 due to blood infection and complications from diabetes. He defeated PAS' Mohd Saim Siran with a majority of 2,492 votes in the 2008 general election)

District: Segamat

Total electorates: 14,753 (18 postal voters)

Voter composition: Malays 47.5 per cent, Chinese 39.08 per cent, Indians 12 per cent, Orang Asli and others the balance

Economic activities: Agriculture and business

Returning Officer: Md Asri Amir

Polling: Jan 30

Polling streams: 32

Polling centres: 12

Vote tallying centre: Labis District Council Multipurpose Hall

Postal vote tallying centre: Labis District Council.