MELAKA: Barisan Nasional candidate for the Duyong seat Datuk Mohd Noor Helmy Abd Halem cast his vote at SK Seri Duyong here about 9am today.
He arrived at the polling centre about 8.35am, where he was greeted by voters and spent time chatting and posing for photographs with them before casting his ballot.
Speaking to reporters after voting, Mohd Noor Helmy said voters had started queuing at the centre as early as 7am, based on information and photographs he had received.
“Alhamdulillah, I was informed that people had started queuing as early as 7am. The photographs I received at 7.30am also showed that many voters had already turned up.
“Of the nine polling streams at SK Seri Duyong, each recorded at least 44 voters during the first hour, while Stream One had the highest turnout, with about 70 voters,” he said.
He said he planned to visit several polling centres to monitor the voting process and follow developments throughout the day.
He also intended to observe the postal voting process at about 3pm.
Mohd Noor Helmy urged voters to cast their ballots early, citing forecasts of rain in the afternoon that could affect turnout.
He added that his team would continue monitoring voter turnout from time to time.
Earlier, Pakatan Harapan candidate Poo Long Suan had arrived at the same polling centre about 8am, while BN candidate for the Gadek seat S Nadarajah arrived about 9am.
Mohd Noor Helmy, the incumbent Duyong assemblyman, is facing Poo Long Suan in the Melaka election.