Petaling Jaya: The Election Commission said in a statement yesterday
that the new list of voters for this year will be gazetted on Dec
21.
Its chairman Datuk Abdul Rashid Rahman said the commission had carried
out the registration and checking of the electoral list as required
by law from May 9 to June 19.
The national electoral roll was then
displayed throughout the country from Aug 22 to Sept 9 for any
claims and objections.
"Under the new list there are
a total of 9,738,698 registered voters. There are 229,366 new
voters," he added.
| DIFFERENCE
OF VOTER NUMBER FOR 1999 AND 2000 |
| States |
1999 |
2000 |
Increase |
Percentage |
Perlis |
106,485 |
107,479 |
994 |
0.93 |
Labuan |
19,718 |
20,945 |
1,227 |
6.22 |
Kelantan |
631,728 |
637,262 |
5,534 |
0.88 |
Melaka |
317,179 |
323,309 |
6,130 |
1.93 |
N.
Sembilan |
405,307 |
412,121 |
6,814 |
1.68 |
Terengganu |
396,152 |
403,768 |
7,616 |
1.92 |
Penang |
643,827 |
652,192 |
8,365 |
1.30 |
Pahang |
528,243 |
537,523 |
9,280 |
1.76 |
Kedah |
756,789 |
766,311 |
9,522 |
1.26 |
KualaLumpur |
642,075 |
654,204 |
12,129 |
1.89 |
Perak |
1,108,442 |
1,120,730 |
12,288 |
1.11 |
Johor |
1,156,153 |
1,180,648 |
24,495 |
2.12 |
Selangor |
1,289,756 |
1,324,269 |
34,513 |
2.68 |
Sarawak |
816,952 |
861,377 |
44,425 |
5.44 |
Sabah |
690,526 |
736,560 |
46,034 |
6.67 |
Total
in Malaysia |
9,509,332 |
9,378,698 |
229,366 |
2.41 |
Source: Election Commission 2000
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