All 240 polling centres opened simultaneously at 8 am today for the 16th Melaka state election, with 675,166 ordinary voters eligible to cast their ballots.

MELAKA: A total of 240 ordinary polling centres, with 1,213 polling streams, for the 16th Melaka state election opened simultaneously at 8 am today, allowing voters cast their ballots and elect a state government for the next term.

The Election Commission (EC) said a total of 675,166 ordinary voters were eligible to cast their ballots to elect representatives for the 28 state constituencies, with voter turnout expected to reach 70 per cent.

Polling today is scheduled to continue until 6 pm, following the end of the 14-day campaigning period at 11.59 pm last night.