{"id":4862,"date":"2020-07-04T12:13:27","date_gmt":"2020-07-04T04:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=4862"},"modified":"2020-07-04T12:13:29","modified_gmt":"2020-07-04T04:13:29","slug":"chini-assemblyman-to-be-known-later-today-polls-ongoing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=4862","title":{"rendered":"Chini assemblyman to be known later today, polls ongoing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

PEKAN, July\u00a0 4 \u00a0— Today is polling day for the Chini state by-election with the election process being held under the new normal in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A\u00a0total of 20,816 people are eligible to exercise their right at the 13 polling centers, involving 65 streams,\u00a0which open from 8 am to 5.30 pm, and the result to be announced by returning officer\u00a0Datuk Zaliza Zulkipli in the evening at\u00a0the National Youth Skills Institute (IKBN) near here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The 13 polling centres are at Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Mambang, Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Paloh Hinai, SK Kinchir, Dewan Mempelas Kampung Baru PPSK Salong, SK LKTP Chini Timur 1, SMK Chini Timur, Balai Raya Kampung Dusun, SK LKTP Chini Timur 2, SK LKTP Chini 3 and 5, SK LKTP Chini 1 and 4, Kelas Al-Quran and Fardu Ain (KAFA) Felda Chini 3, Sekolah Agama Rakyat (KAFA) Nur Ilham Felda Chini 1 and SMK Chini 2. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Chini by-election is the 11th by-election after the 14th general election (GE14)  and the first for the Perikatan Nasional government (PN) after taking over the country’s administration from Pakatan Harapan (PH) last March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0A total of 838 election\u00a0personnel, as well as\u00a0more than 700 policemen and officers, are on duty today to ensure a smooth election, with at least three health workers stationed at each polling center as a precautionary\u00a0measure should there be voters with the COVID-19 symptoms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To facilitate adherence to social distancing,\u00a0the Election Commission (EC) advised\u00a0voters to come out according to the proposed time on their voter\u2019s card, as well as to comply with the prescribed\u00a0standard operating procedures (SOP), like wearing face masks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unlike in previous elections, this by-election can be regarded as the quietest and held in the calmest situation, right since nomination day last June 20, with no rally or assembly allowed during the campaign period, except for \u201cceramah\u201d (political talk) with attendance of not more than 250 people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The EC, in fact, encouraged candidates to conduct their campaign through the social media although they are allowed to carry out house to house campaign, but it should not involve many people, as well as no shaking hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The by-election will witness a three-cornered fight between Barisan Nasional\u2019s (BN), Mohd Sharim Md Zain, 41, who is a Felda Chini second-generation settler, and two\u00a0independent candidates, businessman Tengku Datuk Zainul Hisham Tengku Hussin, 64, and blogger Mohd Shukri Mohd Ramli, 49.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The by-election was held following the death of incumbent Datuk Seri Abu Bakar Harun, 60, at Kuala Lumpur Hospital due to a heart attack on May 7. Abu Bakar was state assemblyman since the 11th general election in 2004.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the 14th general election, Abu Bakar retained the state seat with a majority of 4,622 votes,\u00a0after securing 10,027 votes against PAS candidate\u00a0Mohd Fadhil Noor Abdul Karim, who obtained\u00a05,405 votes\u00a0and PKR’s Mohamad Razali Ithnain, with\u00a01,065 votes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

— BERNAMA<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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