Early voting will be on November 15 and Candidate Nomination Day will be on November 5.
This was resolved at a special GE15 meeting on Thursday (Oct 20) at the Election Commission’s (EC) headquarters, which was presided over by Chairman Datuk Abdul Ghani Salleh.
Additionally, Abdul Ghani said that GE15 will be held concurrently with the state elections for Perlis, Perak, and Pahang. The nominations, early voting, and polling for the three state elections will take place on the same days as the general election. Other states like Melaka, Johor, Sabah, and Sarawak won’t be holding state elections because theirs just ended.
Legislative assemblies in Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, and Penang, which are governed by Pakatan Harapan, as well as those in Kelantan, Kedah, and Terengganu, which are headed by PAS, have chosen not to dissolve. Following the dissolution of Parliament on October 10 after the approval of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah.
Prior to this, on October 10, the EC began accepting registrations for both domestic and international postal voting. The form can be downloaded from the EC website at www.spr.gov.my where you can also find the returning officer’s office address and contact information.
