GE14 to see 70 straight fights, says Election Commission
PUTRAJAYA: The 14th General Election will feature 70 straight fights in 30 parliamentary and 40 state seats, said the Election Commission in its website.
EC chairman Tan Sri Mohd Hashim Abdullah provided nomination day statistics yesterday afternoon. However, the figures did not include numbers from Sabah.
Later in the day, however, the EC’s website was updated to reflect these numbers.
Hashim told a press conference that there would be three-cornered fights in 474 seats, involving 143 parliamentary and 331 state seats.
Four-way fights would take place in 76 seats, involving 22 parliamentary and 54 state seats. Five-cornered fights would occur in three parliamentary seats and 18 state seats.
Three state seats would see crowded six-cornered fights.
Hashim said of the total number of candidates contesting parliamentary seats, 530 were men and 60 were women, while for state seats, there were 1,244 men and 150 women.
The oldest candidate for parliamentary seats is 92 years old, while for state seats, the candidate is 78 years old. The youngest candidate for parliamentary seats is 22 years old, and 23 years
old for state seats.
Hashim said the campaign period had begun and would end at 11.59pm on May 8.
According to the electoral roll for the fourth quarter of last year, the total number of voters was 14,940,624, with 7,383,437 male voters (49.42 per cent) and 7,557,187 female voters (50.58 per cent).
“EC has established 445 election campaign teams in 222 parliamentary and 505 state seats to monitor campaign activities,” Hashim said.
EC appointed 1,236 election observers from 14 non-governmental organisations.
Hashim said EC was anticipating an 85 per cent voter turnout, with full results expected to be announced at 9pm.
He said EC received 1,984 nomination forms for all seats, but the number did not include Sabah as EC did not have numbers for the state yet.
“Barisan Nasional submitted 197 nominations for parliamentary seats and 445 for state seats, followed by PKR, with 185 for parliamentary seats and 440 for state seats; Pas, with 150 parliamentary seats and 375 state seats; and, DAP, with nine parliamentary seats.”
He said Parti Reformasi Negeri Sarawak submitted nominations for three parliamentary seats; Parti Rakyat Malaysia submitted for six parliamentary and 33 state seats, Barisan Jemaah Islamiah Se-Malaysia submitted for one parliamentary and two state seats, Penang Front Party submitted for two parliamentary and 11 state seats, Parti Sosialis Malaysia submitted for four parliamentary and 12 state seats, Peace Party Sarawak submitted for two parliamentary seats and Parti Cinta Malaysia submitted for one parliamentary and one state seat.
“Parti Bumi Kenyalang, Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak Baru, Parti Harapan Rakyat Sabah and Parti Warisan Sabah submitted one parliamentary nomination each, Parti Alternatif Rakyat submitted for one parliamentary and nine state seats and Parti Bersama Malaysia submitted for five parliamentary and 20 state seats.
“Independent candidates were nominated in 20 parliamentary and 46 state seats.”
He confirmed that Negri Sembilan Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan, from BN, won uncontested in the Rantau stateseat.
“Throughout the nomination period, 11 nomination forms were rejected, involving three parliament and eight state seats.”
He said K. Kanafatty, who submitted nomination papers as an independent in the Skudai state seat, withdrew during the nomination period.