An empty podium stands in front of a digital screen exhibiting a Malaysian nationwide flag in advance of a information conference at the Barisan Nasional coalition headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Thursday, May well 10, 2018.
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Malaysia will hold a normal election on Nov. 19, its election commission said on Thursday, in a contest that the ruling graft-tainted get together hopes would fortify its hold on electric power.
Primary Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob dissolved parliament on Oct. 10th and referred to as for snap polls, indicating an election would conclusion a long time of political instability.
Candidates will have to file their nomination to be a lawmaker on Nov. 5, commission chairman Abdul Ghani Salleh told a news conference.
The polls arrive previously than the September 2023 deadline and in the course of the once-a-year monsoon season that has presently brought on floods across Malaysia and is anticipated to have an affect on voter turnout.
About 21 million Malaysians are suitable to vote this yr, to elect lawmakers to the 222-seat lessen home of parliament.
The social gathering or coalition that wins a easy the greater part — 112 seats — would variety the up coming govt.