Speaking to FMT, Rashid said the e-voting system itself was “okay” and that there were only some “technical glitches”.

“We need to resolve them first. If we continue, we fear we will see a repeat of the problems in Kedah, we want to avoid fights.”

Yesterday, Nibong Tebal PKR member S Sanjay, a candidate for the division leader’s post, complained about apparent flaws in the party’s e-voting system.

He claimed there was a problem with clicking on his name displayed on the special tablets provided by the party.

Earlier, a similar complaint over irregularities in the voting system had led to a fracas in the Merbok PKR division, forcing polling in eight of the 15 divisions in Kedah to be suspended.

In Penang, a heated argument quickly turned into punches and chair-throwing at a press conference last night to update members on the polls.

A group of PKR members were upset when the party officials announced that the election results in Penang would stand despite complaints on alleged irregularities in its e-voting system.

Rashid said that Kedah PKR would see fresh polls, while the results in Penang should stand.

“What happened was that the technical team concentrated more on Penang, so there wasn’t enough tech support in Kedah.”

He said the party would meet tomorrow to discuss the issue, but what was certain was that the polls would resume on Sept 30 in Johor.

He added that the party polls had to be done state-by-state and not all at once due to the party’s limited budget, unlike the Election Commission.

Some 840,000 PKR members nationwide are going to cast their votes online in stages until November.

Previously, PKR leaders including PKR Wanita deputy chief Haniza Talha and Kedah PKR chairman Azman Ismail, voiced doubt over the e-voting system which was being used for the first time in the party polls.