Melaka polls: 9.42 per cent turnout recorded as of 9am

MELAKA: A total of 9.42 per cent of ordinary voters in the Melaka election had cast their ballots as of 9am today.

According to the Election Commission's real-time Voter Turnout Monitoring (VTO) dashboard, 64,668 voters had cast their ballots by that time.

The EC is targeting a 70 per cent turnout for the state election, which sees 79 candidates contesting 28 seats.

It was previously reported that 9,417, or 94.96 per cent, of the 9,917 military personnel, their spouses and police personnel had cast their ballots during early voting, which ended on Nov 10.