KUALA LUMPUR, April 7 (Bernama) -- The voting process in the Bukit Gantang parliamentary seat and Bukit Selambau and Batang Ai state seat by-elections began simultaneously today when the polling centres opened at 8am.
In Bukit Gantang, Perak, Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate Ismail Saffian faces former Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin from PAS and independent candidate Kamarul Ramizu Idris.
The contest in Bukit Selambau, Kedah has created history with 15 candidates fielded, comprising BN's Datuk S. Ganesan, Parti Keadilan Rakyat's (PKR) S. Manikar and 13 independent candidates.
The Batang Ai by-election in Sarawak is seeing a straight contest between BN's Malcom Mussen Lamoh and PKR's Jawah Gerang.
The Bukit Gantang constituency has 55,562 registered voters, the majority of whom are Malays followed by Chinese and Indians, while Bukit Selambau has 35,140 voters, with Malays forming slightly more than half, followed by the Indians and Chinese.
The remote Batang Ai constituency has 8,006 voters, the large majority of whom are Ibans.
The by-elections in Bukit Gantang and Batang Ai are held following the death of the incumbents, Roslan Shaharum (PAS) and Datuk Dublin Unting Inkot (BN) respectively, while in Bukit Selambau it is due to the resignation of its assemblyman V. Arumugam (PKR).
All the polling centres are scheduled to close at 5pm and the results expected to be known by 8.30pm at the earliest.
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