Sg Bakap polls: First-time voters excited to vote
The excitement was evident on the faces of the first-time voters during the Sungai Bakap state by-election as they cast their votes on Saturday (July 6).
Read more at https://shorturl.at/u8dXK
WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news
SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar
LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline
Read more at https://shorturl.at/u8dXK
WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news
SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar
LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline
Category
🗞
NewsTranscript
00:00The excitement was evident on the faces of the first-time voters during the Sungai Bakakbai
00:07election as they cast their votes on Saturday.
00:11Nineteen-year-old Hana Humaira Yusrizal and her friends exercised their rights to vote
00:16at the SK Sungai Duri polling centre.
00:19They turned up early in the morning to make sure everything went smoothly.
00:23I'm excited because I'm the first one to cast my vote.
00:25Some of my friends have asked me how to make it easier for them to cast their votes.
00:31I'm calm because I'm responsible as a resident of Sungai Bakar to ensure that our area is
00:39taken care of by people who are responsible, people who feel responsible.
00:43It's not necessary.
00:44No, I'm willing to do it.
00:47My friends are also willing to do it.
00:50A Bernama survey at another polling centre at SJKC Boon Beng showed that most early birds
00:56were first-time voters.
00:58They said it was the responsibility of all Malaysians, especially young people, to go
01:02out to vote.
01:04They said they hoped the elected representative will do a good job to address the problems
01:08faced by the constituents.
01:10A total of 39,279 voters, including 57 members of the police force, are eligible to vote
01:19in the Sungai Bakar by-election, which is a straight fight between Pakatan Harapan candidate
01:24Dr. Juhari Arafin and Perikatan Nasional candidate Abidin Ismail.
01:31The election commission said the voter turnout was 31.84% as of noon.
01:36The polls will close at 6pm and the result is expected to be known on Saturday night.
01:49For more UN videos visit www.un.org