State polls: Loke hoping for at least 70% turnout in Negri

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Negri Sembilan DAP chief Anthony Loke hopes voter turnout in the state election will reach at least 70%.  He said this when met after voting at the SJKC Sin Hua polling centre for the Mambau state seat on Saturday (Aug 12).   Read more at tinyurl.com/3pkynhka  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 Negresan Bilan DAP Chief Anthony Lok hopes voter turnout in the state election will reach

00:08 at least 70%.

00:11 He said although the turnout on Saturday morning was not as high as in the previous elections,

00:16 which was 75%, the numbers should increase with several hours to go before polling centres

00:22 close at 6pm.

00:25 Lok said this when met after voting at the SJKC Sinhwa Polling Centre for the Mambao

00:30 state seat.

00:32 As of noon, the voter turnout in Negresan Bilan was the second lowest of the six states

00:37 at 35%.

00:38 Kelantan had the lowest turnout with 34%.

00:42 Lok, who is also the Surinban MP, said a high turnout was important to show the state government

00:48 elected had the backing of the majority of the people.

00:51 "The majority of the people have voted in favor of a majority, but we have not voted

00:56 for a majority," he said.

00:57 "We have voted in favor of a majority, but we have not voted for a majority."

00:58 "We have not voted for a majority."

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