Malaysia’s Johor votes as government allies turn on each other

About 2.72 million Johoreans are eligible to choose a new state government from 172 candidates fighting across all 56 seats The campaign ended at 11.59pm on Friday, silencing the loudspeakers and convoys that had criss-crossed the state since late June. At 8am, the contest moved to 1,076 polling centres, where about 2.72 million Johoreans were eligible to choose a new state government from 172 candidates fighting across all 56 seats. Fourteen seats have straight fights, 27 feature three-cornered contests, 12 are four-way battles and three have five candidates.

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