The Election Commission has fixed nominations for the Kuala Terengganu parliamentary by-election to be on 6 January 2009 and polling will be on 17 January 2009, in the event of a contest. Election Commission (EC) deputy chairman Datuk Wan Ahmad Wan Omar, announced this after the EC meeting today, while the respective writs and notices would be issued on Sunday and on 21 December 2008.Datuk Wan Ahmad informed that the electoral roll which was verified yesterday and which will be gazetted today would be used for the by-election. The electoral roll contained 80,229 registered voters, comprising 79,194 ordinary voters and 1,035 postal voters.
He said there would be 36 polling centres.
Meanwhile Datuk Wan Ahmad informed that the EC had agreed to the presence of representatives of the Malaysians for Free Election (Mafrel) as obervers in this by-election.
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