Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Mohamed Hanipa Maidin said the number included 91,154 names of the deceased removed from Jan 1 to Aug 31 this year.

“In 2017, 139,118 names of dead voters were deleted from the roll, while in 2018, 117,826 names were removed,” he said when replying to a question from Khoo Poay Tiong (DAP-Kota Melaka).

Hanipa said the EC had also removed the names of those who had lost their citizenship status from the electoral roll.

In 2017, 11,799 names of voters were removed; 3,496 names in 2018 and 3,940 names from Jan 1 to Aug 31 this year, he said.

Hanipa said the updated data was obtained from the National Registration Department (JPN).

Meanwhile, replying to a supplementary question from Noraini Ahmad (BN-Parit Sulong) on the automatic registration system, Hanipa said the EC would try to implement the system before the 15th general election.