THE Election Commission (EC) has set November 19 as polling day for the 15th general election. 

Nomination day is on November 5 and early polling will be held on November 15. 

EC chairman Abdul Ghani Salleh made the announcement at a press conference after chairing a special meeting on the general election in Putrajaya today.

The states of Pahang, Perlis, and Perak will also be holding their state polls on the same dates. 

He said in a statement issued in conjunction with the meeting, that the electoral rolls for GE15 would be on sale beginning October 31.

Abdul Ghani said the electoral rolls to be used for GE15, the state polls and the Bugaya by-election would be the latest August 2022, as updated on October 9, 2022. 

“The GE15 electoral rolls contains 21,173,638 voters,” he said.

Of this number, 20,905,366 are ordinary voters, 146,737 are army personnel and their spouses, 118,794 are police personnel, including from the General Operations Force, and their spouses, and 2,741 are absentee voters abroad. 

Beginning October 31, voters can also check their voting details, including polling centres and voting streams, on the website https://mysprsemak.spr.gov.my or call the EC hotline at 03-88927018 / 03-88880040 or via the MySPR Semak application.

The EC also set the same dates for the Bugaya state by-election in Sabah.

The Bugaya seat fell vacant after its representative, Manis Muka Mohd Darah of Warisan, died of a kidney disease on November 17, 2020. – October 20, 2022.