Kinabatangan: An early voting centre for the Kinabatangan parliamentary and Lamag state by-elections opened at 8 am today at the Kinabatangan district police headquarters. The early voting process involves 196 police personnel. The voting centre will close at 5 pm today.

According to BERNAMA News Agency, the Kinabatangan by-election features a three-cornered contest involving Mohd Kurniawan Naim Moktar of Barisan Nasional (BN), Datuk Saddi Abdul Rahman (Warisan), and Goldam Hamid (Independent). Meanwhile, Lamag sees a straight fight between Mohd Ismail Ayob (BN) and Mazliwati Abdul Malek (Warisan).

The by-elections were called following the death of the incumbent, Datuk Seri Bung Moktar Radin, aged 66, on December 5 last year. Kinabatangan has 48,722 registered voters, while Lamag has 13,899 electors. Polling for both by-elections will take place this Saturday, January 24.