PUTRAJAYA , Dec 19—The Election Commission set January 26 for the by-election in Cameron Highlands that was triggered by the annulment of the result from the 14th general election due to vote buying.
EC chairman Azhar Harun also announced January 12 as the nomination date, during a press conference today.
Both dates are Saturdays. Advance voting will be conducted on January 22, a Tuesday.
“The campaign period will be 14 days, starting from the nomination day till 11.59pm before polling day,” he said.
The by-election is estimated to cost RM3.5 million for the set up of 31 polling centres to cater to 88 voting channels and the deployment of 811 personnel.
Azhar said the EC will be using the third quarter of the 2018 electoral roll, last updated on December 14.
The Cameron Highlands parliamentary seat has a total of 32,009 registered voters, made up of 31,750 ordinary voters, 247 early voters and 12 overseas voters.
Azhar said voting will be extended by 30 minutes this time due to the challenging mountain terrain in the Pahang seat, meaning voters can cast their ballots between 8am and 5.30pm.
“However several polling stations will be closed earlier, between 1pm and 4pm. This is due to some of the polling stations that are located in remote areas,” he added, explaining that those affected polling stations are near Orang Asli settlements.
