08.25am: Groups of police officers stationed outside polling areas are helping to direct traffic slowly building up in the heavy rain.
8.20am: Several voters enter Sek Kebangsaan Tenang where PAS candidate Normala Sudirman is expected to make her first visit. Normala will not be casting a vote as she is not registered in the constituency.
08.10am: First stream of voters arrive at Sek Kg Paya Merah where Barisan Nasional candidate Mohd Azahar Ibrahim will cast his vote.
08.00am: All polling stations open.
07.50am: Groups of supporters and voters are already gathering outside some of the polling stations within the Tenang constituency.
07.45am: It’s raining heavily in Tenang.
TENANG: It’s polling day in the Tenang state seat which is a straight fight between Barisan Nasional’s Mohd Azahar Ibrahim and PAS’ Normala Sudirman.
Polling begins at 8am and will end at 5pm. Official results are expected to be out before 8pm.
There are 14,753 voters including 18 postal voters, in the constituency.
They are made up of 47.5% Malay, Chinese (39%), Indian (12%) and others at 1.5%.
The Tenang state seat fell vacant following the death of Datuk Sulaiman Taha on Dec 17.
Sulaiman had won the seat by a majority of 2,492 votes in the 2008 general election, defeating PAS’ Md Saim Siran.
This time, Barisan wants to increase its majority to above 5,000 votes. Pakatan is all out to cut the 2008 majority. The other state seat in the area is Bekok, held by Tan Kok Hong, also of Barisan.
The MP is Chua Tee Yong, who is the son of MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek.
