KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 469,980 ordinary voters, or 70.23 per cent of the 669,211 registered voters, had cast their ballots in the 16th Melaka state election as at 5.30pm today.
Based on preliminary data released by the Election Commission (EC) through its ElectionData.MY portal, state constituency N26 Serkam recorded the highest voter turnout at 79.45 per cent.
State constituency N22 Bandar Hilir recorded the lowest turnout, at 57.43 per cent.
The data showed that the 70.23 per cent figure covered only ordinary voters and excluded early and postal votes.
Earlier, early voting recorded a high turnout of 94.96 per cent, with 9,417 of the 9,917 eligible early voters casting their ballots.