THE Election Commission has pegged voter turnout at 42% for the Pulai parliamentary by-election as of 4pm.

Voter turnout for the Simpang Jeram state by-election was at 56%.

Sixty-one polling centres are open from 8am to 6pm today. Forty-seven of them are in the Pulai constituency and 14 in the Simpang Jeram constituency. 

The latest data show that 165,509 are registered to vote in Pulai and 40,301 in Simpang Jeram. 

These voters will be electing new representatives to replace Salahuddin Ayub, who died on July 23.

On Tuesday, 831 members of the police force voted early in the Pulai by-election. The turnout was 90%.

There was no early voting for the Simpang Jeram by-election.

In Pulai, Pakatan Harapan candidate Suhaizan Kaiat is facing Zulkifli Jaafar (Perikatan Nasional) and Independent Samsudin Mohamad Fauzi. 

In Simpang Jeram, PH’s Nazri Abdul Rahman takes on Dr Mohd Mazri Yahya (PN) and Independent S. Jeganathan. – Bernama, September 9, 2023.