Putrajaya, Feb 5 – The Election Commission (EC) today announced March 23 for polling in the Kajang state by-election, and set the nomination for March 11.
EC chairman Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Yusof said the constituency had 39,278 voters comprising 38,055 ordinary voters, 1,197 advance voters and 26 absentee or overseas voters.
The seat fell vacant on Jan 27 after assemblyman Lee Chin Cheh of Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) resigned suddenly, following which PKR announced that its de facto leader, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, would contest the by-election.
Lee had won the seat with a 6,824-vote majority in the general election held on May 5 last year in a six-cornered contest which also involved the Barisan Nasional (BN), Berjasa and three independent candidates.
Abdul Aziz said the 2012 Electoral Rolls combined with the supplementary electoral rolls for the first, second and third quarters of 2013 and updated as of Jan 26 this year would be used for the by-election.
– Bernama
