Nomination ends, campaign period to begin

The nomination of candidates for the 15th general election (GE15), which began at 222 nomination centres across the country at 9am today, ended with the centres closing at 10am.

The general election for the 222 parliamentary seats will be held simultaneously with the state elections for Perak, Pahang and Perlis, as well as the by-election for the state seat of Bugaya in Sabah.

The 14-day campaign period will begin after the official announcement of candidates is made by the returning officer, and will run until 11.59pm on Nov 18.

Election Commission chairman Abdul Ghani Salleh is expected to hold a press conference on the nomination process at noon today.

Polling is set on Nov 19 and early voting is on Nov 15.