The polling centres, comprising 18 schools and a community hall, will close at 5.30pm.

There are no early voters in the Sungai Kandis by-election.

The Election Commission is targeting an 80% voter turnout in the by-election with the results expected to be announced by about 10pm.

The tallying of votes will be done at Dewan Besar Tanjung of the Shah Alam City Council in Section 9 here, as soon as the balloting process ends at 5.30pm.

The Sungai Kandis by-election sees a three-cornered fight between PKR candidate Mohd Zawawi Ahmad Mughni, Lokman Noor Adam of Barisan Nasional (BN) and independent candidate K Murthy.

It was called following the death of PKR’s Mat Shuhaimi Shafiei, who passed away from cancer on July 2.

Mat Shuhaimi retained the seat for a third consecutive term in the last general election with a majority of 12,480 votes in a four-cornered fight against BN, PAS and Parti Rakyat Malaysia (PRM).