00:00 Polling for the Pelangai State by-election in Pahang, which began at 8am Saturday, is
00:08 going smoothly with voters taking advantage of the fine morning weather to go out early
00:13 to fulfil their responsibilities. A total of nine voting centres involving 30 channels
00:19 will be open until 6pm. As of 1pm, voter turnout was at 53%. Earlier, 62-year-old Perikatan
00:28 National candidate Kasim Samad, who was accompanied by his wife Nur Atika Abu Bakar, voted at
00:34 SMK Felda Cemomoy in Pahang at 8.30am. The other two candidates, contesting the seat
00:40 Dato' Omizah Abu Adam of Barisan National and Independent Hazli Almid D.M. Zul Hazli,
00:46 are registered voters for Kethari, which with Pelangai is also in the Bentong Parliamentary
00:51 constituency. Meanwhile, Election Commission Chairman Tan Sri Abdul Ghani Saleh was on
00:56 the ground to observe the polling process for the by-election. He said he was confident
01:01 that turnout would reach the 70% target when voting ends at 6pm. The Election Commission
01:07 has appointed 312 officers to be on duty for the voting process.
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